The mystery of the long-living (20 years!) family sourdough starter recipe has been solved (and found!). As it turns out, it was used primarily not for bread, not for buckwheat, but for sourdough pancakes - or hot cakes - as Grandpa liked to call them. 🥞 Tucked inside my mom’s cookbook was his original recipe that he had sent her sometime in the 1980s when the starter was living its best life alongside my grandpa. 🥞 In his everyday demeanor Grandpa could be a little stern and a little steely, but I like to think, based on this recipe and his notes, that he saved all his fun and all his joy for cooking. And that, right there, is the beauty of the kitchen in all its magical magnificence. 💛 . . . . . . #lovedad #familyrecipes #haveagoodday #handwrittenrecipes #handwriting #grandparents #grandfather #sourdoughstarter #familyheirlooms https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0AfyRO6ov/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=














