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Ann Arbor water report for 2011

Ann Arbor water report 2011 (PDF)

Also Ann Arbor water chemical analysis 2010-2011 (finished water) (PDF)

Sourdough Starter Instructions

©1995, 1999, 2003 Jeff Renner jsrenner@umich.edu

Sour dough bread has its origins in the times before reliable commercial yeast was available for leavening. A baker had several options available to leaven bread. The local brewer was a source of yeast that, while rather slow and often bitter, was usually reliable. People away from a brewery [...]

Carbonation resource

Jeff writes: Spotted on TechTalk last week – a reference to a very comprehensive article on carbonation – mostly for carbonated water, but lots of good information. The author went to a lot of trouble to put it together.

http://www.truetex.com/carbonation.htm