Twitter forms 'scoldy' take on new quarantine trend: 'Wasteful and difficult'
Baking sourdough bread is the new quarantine social media trend, and naturally, people on Twitter hate it.
Sales of yeast and flour have surged in the U.S. by 647 percent, according to Nielsen data — and presumably, Instagram photos of bread are increasing too. Much like toilet paper and hand sanitizer, these bread-baking ingredients are now sold out in grocery stores around the country.
The bread war was seemingly kicked off by a single tweet, by a user named @HelloCVH.
"Sourdough is wasteful and difficult and it's very silly to try your hand at it for the first time in a pandemic when there's barely any flour on the shelves," they wrote. "This is my lukewarm and scoldy take."
sourdough is wasteful and difficult and it's very silly to try your hand at it for the first time in a pandemic when there's barely any flour on the shelves
this is my lukewarm & scoldy take— Caitlin VH (@HelloCVH) April 5, 2020
The responses were split between people agreeing and amateur bakers being outraged that their newfound quarantine passion was being challenged.
Thank you!!!! I am cringing at all the posts in the sourdough groups on Facebook “I’ve been feeding my starter 2x day for 14 days can I bake with it yet?”
So much wasteful discard! So many people starting with advanced level baking instead of flatbreads or soda breads. ???♀?— the practical kitchen ????? rebecca e. (@practicalkitch) April 5, 2020
Leave the flour for those of us who have been doing it before it was "Corona-cool" pic.twitter.com/aXyWKoIwdC
— Keith Higinbotham (@keefhigs) April 5, 2020
YES! I feel like there should be a clear disclaimer at the top of every sourdough recipe about discarding/feeding your starter.
I’m a lot more sparing with my dusting these days, too.— Nick Alpers (@NickAlpers) April 5, 2020
my sourdough is not at all a waste. plus, i feed it a total of 120g of flour for each bake, half of which is rye, which hasn't exactly been low stock... pic.twitter.com/u3Twkiqsmp
— jesse reiss (@jessereiss) April 5, 2020
And this is the sourdough I made today after working at it a few times over the past couple weeks. We all have our own ways of staying sane during this time. It’s therapeutic and delicious. I’ve been making pancakes with my starter dump ?????♂? pic.twitter.com/aeEoloxUhL
— James Swarthout (@jamesDSwarthout) April 6, 2020
??Let people live, please ??
— Samantha Brianna B. (@samybella11) April 5, 2020
Meanwhile, other "bread heads" came out to fight for their breads.
focaccia gang approves this message.
— Her? (@kmarchsays) April 5, 2020
Quickbreads are key. Use up your too ripe fruits and make something tasty. They don't use much flour either. pic.twitter.com/peKwQDhgGy
— Falconscreech Thunderguns (@tr0mbone) April 5, 2020
The Biscuit Party approved this message. pic.twitter.com/t79ssoS4BR
— SocialDistancingwillSaveLives510 (@kysters510) April 5, 2020
[Editor's Note:] The writer of this story did recently bake a loaf of banana bread.
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