David Tamarkin

Next up, we have something a little bit different. We asked all of you home bakers to send in the names of your sourdough starters and y'all did not disappoint. Let's listen to some of our favorites.

Next up, we have something a little bit different. We asked all of you home bakers to send in the names of your sourdough starters and y'all did not disappoint. Let's listen to some of our favorites.

Yeast mode is good. Yeah.

Yeast mode is good. Yeah.

So we had Bread Pit, Bradley Cooper. Yep.

So we had Bread Pit, Bradley Cooper. Yep.

I like anything that's named after Nico Case. So I'm sort of falling towards that one. I'm a big Nico Case fan. Yeah, I sensed a big difference between a lot of the callers and myself and you, Jessica. There's a lot of really like earnest, sweet names. And the only time I've ever named a sourdough starter, it's always been either self-deprecating in some way or sarcastic or punny or, you know.

I like anything that's named after Nico Case. So I'm sort of falling towards that one. I'm a big Nico Case fan. Yeah, I sensed a big difference between a lot of the callers and myself and you, Jessica. There's a lot of really like earnest, sweet names. And the only time I've ever named a sourdough starter, it's always been either self-deprecating in some way or sarcastic or punny or, you know.

Yeah, they're so sweet. Very sweet stories. Yeah. And it's opening, it's opening a whole new world for me in terms of what I could name my sourdough starter. And the ones that are named after other people or that are reminders, or I think that one caller said that it was named after all the strong women in her family. That's very sweet because, you know.

Yeah, they're so sweet. Very sweet stories. Yeah. And it's opening, it's opening a whole new world for me in terms of what I could name my sourdough starter. And the ones that are named after other people or that are reminders, or I think that one caller said that it was named after all the strong women in her family. That's very sweet because, you know.

Strong, productive women. Yes.

Strong, productive women. Yes.

Lazy family members did not get their names worked into the starter.

Lazy family members did not get their names worked into the starter.

Every episode, we'd like to check in with Jessica to see what wildly surprising and full-throated ideas are in her head. A segment we lovingly call Jess Opinions. Jessica, what is your Jess opinion this week?

Every episode, we'd like to check in with Jessica to see what wildly surprising and full-throated ideas are in her head. A segment we lovingly call Jess Opinions. Jessica, what is your Jess opinion this week?

Okay. I don't think you're, you're probably not alone in this just opinion. I think a lot of people, like you said, have been turned off by sourdough and they want their sourdough to be less sour. Your just opinion is you want sourdough bread to be, well, what's the opposite of sour? Sweet?

Okay. I don't think you're, you're probably not alone in this just opinion. I think a lot of people, like you said, have been turned off by sourdough and they want their sourdough to be less sour. Your just opinion is you want sourdough bread to be, well, what's the opposite of sour? Sweet?

Yeah, it can get aggressive. And, you know, as a Midwesterner, I support anything that like is anti-coasts, you know.

Yeah, it can get aggressive. And, you know, as a Midwesterner, I support anything that like is anti-coasts, you know.