Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sour fermented dough used as leaven in making bread.
- noun Bread made from such a leaven.
- noun An early settler or prospector, especially in Alaska and northwest Canada.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See the extract.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing something made from
dough that wasleavened withyeast and lactobacteria that produceacids giving asour taste. - noun Dough,
leavened withyeast and lactobacteria that produceacids giving asour taste. - noun Yukon A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
- noun a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Yes | No | Report from jamesti wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago sourdough is the man?
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Yes | No | Report from jamesti wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago sourdough is the man?
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Instead, I'm nagging grandson to split some wood and fill the stove, thinking about making some whole grain sourdough bread to warm the kitchen, and hoping those moles that keep re-growing after removal on my hubby's back are not melanoma – which his grandfather, uncle and aunt died of.
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You can get five different veggies of your choice on a plate at Hecho en Mexico, one of my favorites overall, though it has plenty of meat, chicken and fish on the menu (its cheeseburger on grilled sourdough is my favorite).
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( "CHOW-da") in sourdough bread bowls, or some really good chicken tikka.
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Norton (aka my sourdough starter) will be traveling to Ohio with me, in sort of a reverse Oregon trail pilgrimage.
Archive 2008-08-01 Sarah Lenz 2008
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Norton (aka my sourdough starter) will be traveling to Ohio with me, in sort of a reverse Oregon trail pilgrimage.
Food = Consciousness Sarah Lenz 2008
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The salty taste of the cheese and round coolness of the sourdough was a perfect match for the cloyingly tangy-sweet sauce of Branston Pickle.
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So I went looking for basic methods on how to make your own "natural leavening"--what is generally referred to as a sourdough starter.
on bread Holly 2006
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So I went looking for basic methods on how to make your own "natural leavening"--what is generally referred to as a sourdough starter.
Archive 2006-05-01 Holly 2006
skipvia commented on the word sourdough
Term applied to someone who has lived in Alaska for a long time and has learned to survive in the harsh climate. From gold rush days, when maintaining sourdough starter was an important survival skill. See cheechako.
November 5, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word sourdough
January 24, 2017