sourdoughs in English
noun
1
leaven for making bread, consisting of fermenting dough, typically that left over from a previous batch.
Bread dough is made with high-protein flour, leavened with yeast or sourdough , and kneaded with water to develop the gluten, yielding a characteristic spongy appearance and chewy texture.
2
an experienced prospector in the western US or Canada; an old-timer.
It is a land of sourdoughs and cheechacos - the first, the veridical Alaskans, who sport gruff beards, wear carhartts, and fed the yeast in their dough (hence their names) straight since the gold rush of 1907.
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1. Ethanol and ethyl acetate were produced in the highest amounts in sourdoughs fermented with heterofermentative cultures, especiallyL. sanfrancisco.
2. During sourdough fermentations, starter lactic acid bacteria was reported to reach similar cell densities in the non-conventional grain sourdoughs as in the wheat.