Tostun için ne tür ekmek istersin? Beyaz, buğday, maya ya da çavdar. - What kind of bread would you like for your toast? White, wheat, sourdough, or rye?
An old-timer, especially in Alaska. From the distinctive pouches of bread starter worn on a belt or around the neck by experienced prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush
The troops went for those fresh tomatoes like sourdoughs going for gold in the Klondike..
The miners of the Gold Rush era carried sourdough starter to mix with their flour to make bread, bisquits, pan cakes, etc They called themselves "Sourdoughs " The old time definition of a Sourdough was: one who had peed in the Yukon, slept with a squaw, and killed a bear In these more politically correct times, the definition is: one who has spent at least a year in Alaska
a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread