sourdough

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Though it had less meat (one patty instead of Pezzella's historically correct double patty), the bun was more like sourdough, and it had more sauce with a "heavier" and "spicier" flavor to it.

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  1. noun Sour fermented dough used as leaven in making bread.
  2. noun An early settler or prospector, especially in Alaska and northwest Canada.

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  • I looked for the bread knife so I could start cutting slices of sourdough, and saw Rae leaning against the stove, talking to a chubby man whom I thought held some position in the mayor's office. —  muller 10 fixed
  • When she woke later, one of them had gone shopping, and there were all her favorite foods in the house again, junk she had learned to stay away from and despise: Cheetos and Twinkies, ice cream and devilsfood cake, potato chips and licorice whips, and all the breads -- sourdough, hearth rye, raisin bread -- and real dairy butter to go on top, and raspberry preserves. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 04-05 - October-November 1995
  • It didn't rise at all even the sourdough was quite active. —  1x umrühren bitte
  • Heck, I even went out and bought a candy / deep fryer thermometer just for this after having my yogurt not quite cooperate last week for the sourdough English muffins (FWIW, you - can - do a second innoculation of yogurt that's in a yogurt maker if it isn't curdling properly!). —  The Fresh Loaf
  • The pork belly sandwich, with grilled sourdough, arugula and tomatoes was smoky and jumped with flavor, although it was a little bit on the fatty side.
 

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  1. Sense 2, from an association with using pieces of sourdough to leaven bread in the winter.
 

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/ˈsaʊrdoʊ/
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