Wandering Adventure Party

Yeah, came here to say this. East Asia has a whole collection of sauces based on fermented fish that taste amazing and have no offensive smell when cooked, but dear God, the smell of the stuff before it’s cooked is horrifying.

EDIT: I guess I should clarify, for anyone who hasn’t had it. It’s not so much that fish sauce itself tastes delicious alone, but it has a ton of umami flavor. Same sort of stuff you get from, say, powdered boletes mushrooms or MSG. It makes savory dishes just taste way better when you add it to them.

Looks tasty! I’m a sucker for buttered and toasted sourdough or rye.

This culture isn’t nearly as sharp as a San Francisco germ

Apologies if this is obvious to you, but IIRC from past reading, commercial sourdough achieves a higher acidity without needing to use the specific yeast via just adding acid directly. If you aren’t dead-set on authentic, “the yeast do everything” sourdough, you could probably tweak sourdough to taste that way.

kagis

Okay, this isn’t talking about what commercial producers do, but it is directly talking about increasing tang in homemade sourdough via the “directly-add-acid-to-the-dough” route:

How To Make Sourdough More Sour: A Guide To Getting More Tang In Your Bread

Learn how to make your sourdough more sour depending on your personal taste. You'll learn what makes sourdough sour and how to make your sourdough tangier.

The Pantry Mama (www.pantrymama.com)

Use Citric Acid In Your Sourdough

If you really want a stronger flavor in your sourdough bread, adding a little citric acid to your dough will help.

You can add ⅛ to ¼ of a teaspoon of citric acid to your sourdough. Do not use more than this amount because it will make your sourdough inedible.

You add the citric acid to your dough along with the water, flour and salt.

kagis

“Uncle Bob’s” bills that it’s grown in Canada.

100% Canadian Grown Popcorn Kernels & Popcorn Seasoning

Uncle Bob's Popcorn is a Canadian, family-run business, which grows exceptionally fresh, healthy, and organic popcorn kernels. Our line up includes our own specially blended popcorn seasonings and microwave popcorn. 100% grown in Canada, if you crave popcorn, we've got it.

Uncle Bob's Popcorn (www.ontariopoppingcorn.com)

wet, microwaved dogs

Honestly, that’s not helping me much as a reference point.