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This Sourdough Starter Is 5,300 Years Old — And It Came From A Mummy’s Gut
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Italian scientists have isolated yeast from the preserved gut of Ötzi, a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in 1991, and used it to create a functioning sourdough starter that reportedly produces good-quality bread.
This Sourdough Starter Is 5,300 Years Old — And It Came From A Mummy’s Gut
A team of scientists in Italy is breaking the mold of a typical sourdough bread recipe … by using yeast from an ancient mummy as the key ingredient. And apparently it’s “very, very good.” Ötzi, the 5,300-year-old Iceman mummy, was found in 1991 on the border of Italy and Austria, where he was likely killed ...
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