thought of the day

One of my colleagues was given a "Herman" (one of those sourdough-starter things). She offered me some of it, with the comment, "You go to church. When it starts doubling, you can give it away to people at church."

I turned her down, mainly because those things tend to be kind of higher-maintenance than what I like to do.

And also - and I even said this to her, she wasn't offended and even thought it was funny: "Those things are kind of the cooking equivalent of a chain letter."

Well, they ARE - you have to divide it and either pass it on or throw it away.