Baking bread from 4,500 year-old Egyptian yeast

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Pretty cool, if it is indeed possible. From boredpanda…

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brew some beer next :wink:

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“… surely contains contaminants” but only “likely contains actual ancient yeast strains.”

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That which does not kill you… :smiley:

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The Curse of the Yummy.

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If I remember right, Alan D. Eames claimed to have brewed beer from an ancient Egyptian recipe he translated from hieroglyphics.

http://lauriston.com/food-clips/beer-king.html