dumb questions

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I am early in my nt journey and trying to figure all this out. I come

from a background of diet coke and twinkies, though I do have a

chemical engineering (i.e. technical) degree. So I understand most of

what I read but have tons of questions. When I saw the post yesterday

from someone, I forget who, that was annoyed by the drop in questions

about where to get what, I was a little sad. The only thing that made

nt doable for me was the idea that I had a whole group of people out

there who were more knowledgeable than I and, so I thought, willing to

help. So now I'm a little afraid to ask my questions. My current

challenge is sourdough. I printed out s long and informative

post about a month ago and have read it probably eight times. With

her help, I made my first passable loaf today -- try number six -- but

still have many questions...like what's the difference between a

" chef " and a " sponge " , and what's the difference between hard and soft

wheat. So, rather than bore the philosophers in the group, I wonder

if there is someone out there that would be willing to answer a bunch

of dumb questions, as they come up. Perhaps I could email them

directly?

Thanks, and sorry for the long post.