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desperanceFrom an otherwise-serious recipe pdf for baguettes and ciabatta:
"If you've never heard the term before, a poolish is a pre-mixed 'starter' of flour, water and a touch of yeast ... And the provenance of the word itself? Poolish (pronounced pool-eesh, accent on the second syllable) is the French word for Polish, as in Poland, which is where the French believed this type of starter originated."
"If you've never heard the term before, a poolish is a pre-mixed 'starter' of flour, water and a touch of yeast ... And the provenance of the word itself? Poolish (pronounced pool-eesh, accent on the second syllable) is the French word for Polish, as in Poland, which is where the French believed this type of starter originated."