When you are wrapping items in paper, don’t wrap it tightly and smoothly! You want to crumple the paper up around the item. The crumpling is what protects it; a piece of newspaper wrapped flat and tight around a glass doesn’t protect it from bumps and shocks.
I’m an English professor, and I get a lot of “Oh, I’ll have to make sure to use good grammar around you.” First, I have better manners than to go around correcting other people.* Second, I know enough about the development of the language to realize how fluid and often artificial the “rules” are.
What, no bread-makers yet?
*Lame (honestly, my favorite is the cheapo Breadtopia one with the plastic handle–much better than the walnut-handled one my mom had)
I haven’t ventured into sourdough but I’m teetering on the edge. Looking at the King Arthur crocks.