using juniper berries to make a sourdough starter!

Juniper berries are covered in wild yeast, which you can use to make a sourdough starter and/or a wild yeast starter! It's super simple AND it's fun (who doesn't love wandering into the desert to snag wild yeast?)

[beverlyhigh]

I knew that juniper berries were wild yeast but didn't know it was the white dust. Thanks for the information.

[TheTrebans]

I picked some desert juniper berries about two weeks ago and used them to start my own sour dough starter going to make my first loaf of bread tomorrow with it and some rolls for thanksgiving

[CoreyJFoley]

Dude, Miles is crushing it in this video.

[Glacier_Nester]

Hey wait a minute, my partner sent me this from tiktok the other day! Very fascinated what sort of character the juniper yeast has leant to the starter, and also quite tempted to try that home-soda starter too, since I love my sourdough starter already!

[WastedTalentIndustries]

How have I lived my whole life and not known SOOOO many cool little thing like this?

[TigerBlackTigerBlackTigerBlack]

I literally have some on my juniper Bush out front right now! I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

[BeastTheMadness]

You're a real-life druid man! Druid or a witch whatever you prefer 🧙🏼 you even have a black cat hey how awesome is that 🐈‍⬛

[elvira]

i was looking for the subscribe button bc i wanted to sub bc i love all things sourdough and all that. turns out i didnt find it bc i had already subbed lmao! great content

[MrBepo.]

Good to know that I'll be able to ferment juniper berries in the apocalypse

[joshuabaughn]

You also use Juniper Berries in their dried purple form to make Root Beer.

[TheJensPeeters]

pretty sure the white stuff is actually epicuticular wax, but there is also yeast on there, like on other fruit

[swagalicious_opposum]

You can also use honey to do the same thing! I'm making my own starter with honey. Have you ever made a SCOBY or tried Kombucha?

[MrQueerDuck]

Miles and Sal and freaking cute! Maybe they need some wooden toys or bowls or something?

[twomanypockets]

Had no idea that's what juniper was lol my family used to grab as much as we could and throw them at each other 😂

[JRodMcSniper]

Oh neat! Maybe I'll learn what those taste like!
"Mm, juniper-y!"
Ah, thank you

[cynhelm]

You can cover with 100 or 0 proof alcohol and let sit and it makes gin.

[thisbsuchadopekid]

I don’t think Miles knew that, but he seemed happy to learn 🥹

[lysithea]

In Slovakia we make alcohol from juniper berries. 😆

[leannkennedy]

You're a wealth of information. Often, I think it'd be cool to be your neighbor.🤭

[rhodasumner]

What do you do with the berries once you go to make bread ? Do you just pick them out ? Or do you leave them in the dough?