Meeting Notes
In attendance: Maggie, Danny, Ildiko
- Introductions:
- Ildiko and Maggie are new to Bagel Monday meetings.
- Maggie is interested in helping out with baking and has some experience. She is interested in the community aspect of Sour Flour and has admin experience.
- Ildiko is currently helping Danny with organizational structure and admin.
- Brief overview of Sour Flour
2. Bagel Monday Overview
- The production and distribution of free, delicious bagels for the San Francisco community. “Start your week off right with Bagel Monday”
- Today’s Bagel Monday order is smaller than last weeks. Bagels will be picked up at Danny’s home, by those who have requested them. SOme will be dropped off at United Market, 21st street and York.
- Sour Flour is constantly working to improve baking skills. Each Sour Flour baker’s skills are improved and refined through practice, research and sharing knowledge. Currently knowledge is shared on the Sour Flour Website.
- Knowledge is shared through an online, open-source, bread chart that tracks the specifics of each batch of bread, including: hydration, temperature, starter to flour ratio, etc.
- The bread chart needs to become more user-friendly, accessible for input by bakers and easy to use by those learning how to bake.
- Maggie will draft a physical chart to track bread specifics for each loaf during baking. Sour Flour bakers will have a quick, easy way to track their bread specifics while baking, that they can then add to the Sour Flour on-line, open source bread chart.
- Danny will pass on the current Sour Flour bread formulas to Maggie so she can begin consolidating them into a chart, using the same format as the bread chart. The formulas will be shared on line and become part of the future training manual.
4. Training Manual
- Sour Flour Training Manual will be simple, accessible, starter-focused and include Sour Flour recipes and philosophy
5. Bread Trainings
- Danny will set two dates for 2-4 people