Doorstep Bakery likes nothing better than to take advantage of those unique opportunities to research the importance of bread through the ages. Being a family of bakers married to patient men who enjoy the benefits of our baking allows that we are able to indulge our interests when time and inclination collide. Recently our daughter's husband, who is a park ranger by profession was asked to take part in a reenactment at the 2011 Fort Loudon Trade Faire (French and Indian War of 1756-1760) celebrated at Fort Loundon State Park located in Vonore,Tennessee. Of course the event was fabulous but the best part as far as we bakers are concerned, (besides seeing Bart dressed for the event) was tasting the delicious authentic bread of that time period.
Park Ranger Hobart
The bread eaten during the 1700s was not the fluffy white stuff we may think of as bread for today. It was the hearty, brown sourdough version baked in campfires using a Dutch oven or a communal wood fired oven. We are excited and pleased to tell you that we bakers here at Doorstep are striving to return to this healthier offering of daily bread. Using a tried and true sourdough starter that contains NO artificial yeast or yeast by products and a fresh organic mixture of white and whole wheat flours which we bake in a Dutch oven we feel that we are somehow connected in spirit to our bread baking sisters of ages past. Daily bread is still a pleasing way of life.
The girls enjoying a lunch of bread and cheese.
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