With all the bread making and brewing going on here.,.

[EatenByLimestone]

I thought this was relevant, but I couldn’t bring myself to post this in the ongoing threads!

Scientists Made Sourdough Bread With Yeast Found on Ötzi the Iceman’s Mummified Body

Discovered in the Alps in 1991, the remains are home to a wide variety of bacteria, fungi and yeasts

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[stoveliker]

Well, not likely very different from the yeasty germs going around outside these days, so ...

Here I thought the kim chi thread arrived ...

 

[DuaeGuttae]

Kimchi is already covered in either the cooking or gardening thread, I think. There a few fermentation items in those.

I skimmed the article and might have missed it, but Ötzi the Iceman's Mummy was also the source of einkorn grains which are grown nowadays. I didn't see information about the sourdough bread, but using einkorn flour would certainly have been a nice touch.