| | HOMEBREW Digest #4673 Mon 13 December 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Remember the production of these products preceded Pasteur by a long time. |
 | | In the case of sourdough, the Lactobacillus sanfrancisensis (sourdough lactobacter) has only been found in nature on human skin and in the mouth, not in the air or walls or anywhere else. |
 | | I visualize all those bakers one hundred (or maybe 5000 in Egypt and Babylonia) or so years ago kneading that dough and sweating into it, then recycling a piece of this dough for the next run. |
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