#title Guess You Gotta Eat * Bread ** Yeast Ranching Rather than buy yeast I decided to be hardcore and capture wild yeast in a jar. It is actually [[http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sour.htm][pretty damn easy]]. I used the method mentioned in the former link, but added a bit of *science* (or--I've kept a beer yeast starter before). I used my giant bottle of Iodophor to sanitize the jar in which the yeast were to live (starting with a clean slate; I rinsed the jar afterward with tap water and didn't sanitize any utensils), made sure the water used for feeding was at about 90°F, and fed the starter a tablespoon of dry malt extract (maltose being to yeast what fast food is to an American) and a quarter teaspoon of lemon juice (just to slightly acidify the initial mix and make the yeasties new home a bit more hospitable to only them at first) for the first two days. This resulted in a bubbly and happy starter on the third day, made interesting bread on the fourth, and was successfully cloned for someone else on the fifth! Just remember to measure the volume of the original mixture and write that down so you can easily substitute it into recipes (mine worked out to ⅔ cup of starter from ½ cup of flour and water, but flour varies in absorbency rabble blah moo etc.). ** Pita - [[Pita]] (the base for all of the others) - [[Olive Pita]] - [[Sun Dried Tomato Pita]] ** Normal Bread - [[Sourdough Rye]] * Rice and Whatnot - [[http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/pilaf_chelou.html][Chelou]] (I usually add barberries) - [[http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2005/08/bulgur-pilaf.php][Bulgar Pilaf]] * Roasted Plant Matter - [[Black Bean Burgers]] - [[Black Bean and Chickpea Burgers]] - [[Basic Sauteed Tofu]] - [[Simple Teriyaki Tofu]] (*Work in Progress* and not very good... yet) - [[Cauliflower Wings]] (*Work in Progress* but pretty good already). * Roasted Animal Flesh - Basic [[Beef and Lamb Kebabs]] - [[Koftah-Adana Hybrid Kebabs]] * Things Into Which Other Things Are Dipped - [[Maast-o Khiar]] - [[Hummus]] - [[Guacamole]] * Things Which Are Placed Upon Other Things - [[Habanero Hot Sauce]] * Things That Go Into Other Things - [[Roasted Garlic]] * Sides - [[Quick Black Beans]]: works as a side or as a vegetarian base for tacos, and only takes about ten minutes to make. * Light Fare - [[http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/small_dolmas.html][Dolmas]]