Sourdough Stacks.

These sourdough pancakes are made from a recipe from the Mother Earth New's archive.

Klondike-Style Sourdough Pancakes, http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/1985-11-01/Making-Klondike-Style-Sourdough-Pancakes.aspx, are made from Alaskan sourdough starter although you can use your own sourdough starter, if you have some, to make these beauties. Alaskan sourdough starter often has commercial yeast added to the flour and water since it's thought that wild yeasts are dormant during colder weather.

Luckily here it is warm enough to create sourdough from scratch using only flour and water. The thought being that wild yeasts from the air and flour along with microbes and bacterias start to feed when the water is added to the flour. The less refined the flour the more likely to contain yeasts and microbes, therefore Organic stone ground whole wheat or rye flour is used. Naturally leavened bread contains lactobacilus which is thought to generate the healthy bacteria that are essential for proper digestion and elimination.

Sourdough starter is very easy to make and maintain. I will be revisiting the topic of sourdough very shortly here, as of right now my chicken shed, unfortunately, will not be cleaning itself.