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mother dough

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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A live dough used as the source of starter dough, containing live (traditionally, environmentally derived) yeast and ground grains, for making sourdough, that is kept, fed and watered, and used in perpetuity in a traditional bakery or by traditional bakers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: baking, cooking, food, lifestyle

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