Remember my mother’s sourdough starter, Herman?
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any recipes for him.
Go here to see his starter recipes and some history.
Herman’s Chocolate Cake

1/3 C Crisco
1 C sugar
1 egg, unbeaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 C Herman
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 C flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 Tbl cocoa
1 C warm water

Method:
Mix Herman, water, [...]

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It’s Tuesday again!  Know what that mean?  It’s time for another installment of my mother’s charming booklet called Herman’s Helpmates! Read on for a history lesson, a recipe for “Overnight Herman” (a quicker growing starter than the one in my previous post), and a recipe  for
Spice Herman Cake.
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Welcome to my weekly post on Herman - a fun and delicious sourdough starter my mother used to keep when I was a child.
Here, I introduced Herman; and here, I posted an excerpt from my mother’s booklet and gave his starter recipe.
Here is a quote from “Herman’s Helpmates” regarding storing Herman.
Herman can be frozen if [...]

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When I was a kid, my mother always had a batch of Herman in the fridge.  For those of you who aren’t children of the 80s, Herman is a sourdough starter, similar to the Amish Friendship Bread making its rounds today.
Hermon lives in the refrigerator (or sometimes on the counter), and you feed him milk [...]

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