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Brand Name: Generic
Item Form: liquid
Specialty: Vegan
Leavening Agent Type: Sourdough Starter
Flavor: San Francisco
Cuisine: American (San Francisco)
Container Type: Jar
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ASIN: B0CYP3NZ53
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Brand Name: Generic
Item Form: liquid
Specialty: Vegan
Leavening Agent Type: Sourdough Starter
Flavor: San Francisco
Cuisine: American (San Francisco)
Container Type: Jar

Measurements

Number of Items: 1
Unit Count: 2.0 Ounce
Item Weight: 4 Ounces
Item Package Quantity: 1
Item Package Weight: 6 Ounces
Number of Pieces: 1
Size: 2 Ounce (Pack of 1)

Our Sourdough Starter "Sofia's" Origin Story

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Here is “Sofias” origin story told to me by my father. I will give you guys a shorter version of the story to keep it from being too long.

My great-grandfather Antonio, who is originally from Sicily, Italy, migrated to New York when he was 10 with my great-great-grandfather, great-great-grandmother and siblings in the very early 1900s. They lived in New York for about 10 years, where my great-great-grandfather worked construction on bridges. Around 1910 they migrated west to San Francisco where my great-great and great-grandfather worked as fisherman at Fisherman’s Wharf. They worked as deckhands. Around 1916 my great-grandfather, Antonio, quit working as a deckhand and started working as a baker. This is where he acquired our family sourdough starter. He named the sourdough starter after his wife “Sofia”. Since then “Sofia” has been passed down to my grandfather, Marco, and then to my father, Anthony, and now to me. Sofia has been in our family ever since.

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our heirloom sourdough starter jar from 1916our heirloom sourdough starter jar from 1916

The original jar the sourdough starter was kept in is still in our family. This jar is also a family heirloom and has been passed down for generations along with this story. It still has the date 1916 and Sofia carved on the top . That’s when Sofia was started.

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109 Year Old San Francisco Sourdough Starter Culture | Est. 1916 by our great-g

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