Looking for Salt Rising Bread Recipe
 

When I was a kid (in the 50s) we used to buy from the bakery a type of bread called 'salt rising'. Unique and delicious tasting, a bit like sour dough. As an adult I have looked but never have been able to find a recipe for it and never have seen it in a bakery. Anyone ever heard of it or have a recipe?

[QUOTE=ChiliPeppa;512978]When I was a kid (in the 50s) we used to buy from the bakery a type of bread called 'salt rising'. Unique and delicious tasting, a bit like sour dough. As an adult I have looked but never have been able to find a recipe for it and never have seen it in a bakery. Anyone ever heard of it or have a recipe?[/QUOTE]


It might take me awhile but somewhere here in the house I have my grand mother in laws old recipe.
More than a hundred years old if I recall correctly.

Worth

I dont need to look here it is on line the same recipe.
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Wow, thanks Worth. I looked online about 3-4 years ago and found nothing. I should have checked first. But if you do find that 100 year old recipe, I would love it.

[QUOTE=ChiliPeppa;512983]Wow, thanks Worth. I looked online about 3-4 years ago and found nothing. I should have checked first. But if you do find that 100 year old recipe, I would love it.[/QUOTE]


No problem.
It would have came out of Clovis New Mexico that is where she was raised her father was the judge there.
Just a stones throw from Roswell flying saucer country.:lol:
The way recipes were passed around back then who knows Billy the kid may have had it.

Many thanks :)

This was like going through the Dead Sea scrolls some of it is so old.
Here is a photo of it.

I will see how it turns out and go from there.
Worth
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Okay that was horrible I am typing it out.:lol:
Worth

Salt Rising Bread.
Make a starter by mixing the folloeing ingredients:
1 cup milk.
1 tablespoon sugar.
7 tablespoons white or water ground cornmeal.
1 teaspoon salt.

Scald the milk and stir in the sugar, cornmeal, and salt.
Place this in a large covered jar and set in water as hot as the hand can stand.
Allow to stand for 6 or 7 hours in a warm place (115 degreesF.) untill it shows fermentation.
The gas can be heard to escape when it has sufficiently fermented.

To this mixture add:
2 cups lukewarm water.
2 tablespoons of sugar.
2 tablespoons of fat.
2 cups of flour.

Beat this sponge thoroughly, put the jar into a water bath at 115 degrees F, to maintain an even temperature, and let rise until this sponge is very light and full of bubbles. To this sponge add 8 1/2 cups of flour, which will give it a stiff dough.
Knead for 10 minutes.
Cut and mold into loaves.
Place in a greased pan and allow to rise two and 1/2 times the original bulk.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes, then lower temperature to 350 degrees F and bake about 25 minutes longer.
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[COLOR=Red] [COLOR=Black]Now let me say a few things about Ma Maw Province she was mean as a wild cat and only like 5 feet tall.
Right after I met her, her husband Pa Paw of many years passed away on the way to get a pace maker installed right there in the car with my mother in law and her there.

It was a bad deal and she didn't like anyone and was mean to them.
In particular my mother in law.
She tried it with me and I cussed her out when she was in her mid 80's.
She had went into a room and decided to die.
I had to practically flip her out of bed to get her up.
She was like the devil.
From that time on we were buddies. :lol:
Then when she would get in a fight with someone she would go with me and have a drink.
Where did you guys go for so long.
To the bar shut up and mind your own businesses.:lol:
She just wanted to be treated like a human and not coddled over.
I guess I sort of took the place of her husband in that way.
Soon after [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Red][COLOR=Black]Alzheimer'sset in and she finally passed away.

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Great story and thank you for taking the time to find your recipe and write out! Not sure when I'll make it but I will let you know how it comes out. :D

Worth, not sure what your comments in red mean. Why couldn't you put the sponge in a bath (like a sink of warm water) at around 115?

[QUOTE=coronabarb;513024]Worth, not sure what your comments in red mean. Why couldn't you put the sponge in a bath (like a sink of warm water) at around 115?[/QUOTE]

I must have been tired I was thinking 215. :lol::lol:

I took the comment out.

That's what I thought :P

Sounds like an interesting recipe. Any idea how many loaves it makes? Thanks for sharing it!