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Scientists Made Sourdough Bread With Yeast Found on Ötzi the Iceman’s Mummified Body
(www.smithsonianmag.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2026
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Based on nothing but the thumbnail… eeeeewww gross.
I think that's a toenail, not a thumbnail.
this is how you get the last of us.
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So many comments confused, but the important part is that the yeast survived in the cold.
“Yeasts that are active at very low temperatures can offer advantages in different areas,” Sarhan says in the statement. “If fermentation is possible at room temperature or even at refrigerator temperatures, energy can be saved since no additional heating is required. Furthermore, the yeasts could also be active during transport, meaning they could contribute to fermentation already on their way to the manufacturer.”
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Haha thanks. I’ve been making an active effort to jump on threads like these where I can sense the BS.
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Phar out and but why?
Once I made sourdough with discharge from my friend's yeast infection.
Was it at bandcamp?
No it was when me and the rest of the rugby team crash landed in the Andes Mountains and we had a choice between cannibalism or eating vaginal-discharge imbued sourdough bread and we chose the bread.
Even in the circumstances, having a bread course first is the right thing to do.
Didn't a good chunk of the survivors freeze to death? How did you proof the bread in such a cold environment?
We crashed in the summer.
Ahh, I see you have all the answers
Wait, did you already have the vaginas yeast bread when you crashed or did you have the ingredients and make it in the snowstorm?
We had flour and salt. The water was the easy part and had to get creative for the yeast.
What movie is this?
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
I hope they used ancient grains for the flour.
This really gives me hope that maybe one day I too might contribute to society.
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...at least they determined what he died of before making his corpse bread.
Yeah, but did it taste good? I want corpse bread but only if it's good.
Tbf if I was a yeast scientist I too would say "fuck it" and see how far I can take bread.
I studied the field for decades it's my right.