I would like to comment on the use of ‘distilled’ water from
appliances. In my younger day I enjoyed making ‘sour dough’ bread
like the early miners when I was following the footsteps of the
’49ers’–(and others, of course.) The ‘wild’ yeast cultured from
what was in air borne particles was the route one took to brew of a
batch of yeast when no ‘cultured yeast’ was available–One had to
experiment to get a yeast that made a good bread.
For what it’s worth–and if you like roughing it out in the wilds,
this is something to try.
Just a few words I would like to interject here --- The vast
majority (I can't really guarantee "all") of the "Distilled" water
you buy in stores and from dealers is not really distilled -- it is
just deionized.
If it’s sold as distilled, it is required to be distilled. If you
check your local Wal-mart, you’ll probably find that they sell at
least three varieties of water in gallon jugs - distilled,
deionized, and (reverse osmosis) filtered.