“Unlocking Ancient Secrets: How 4,500-Year-Old Yeast From Egyptian Artifacts Inspired a Revolutionary Bread Creation!”
Unfortunately, to bake the dough, Blackley was forced to stick with modern-day cooking tools. But he hopes to do another experiment using a clay baking pit like the Egyptians used in the Old Kingdom.
As for the result, the ancient loaf came out “much sweeter and more rich” than the your everyday sourdough. It was so good that Blackley and his wife enjoyed the fruits of his labor for breakfast.
While the experiment sounds like an excuse for a fun time in the kitchen, Blackley believes it allows us a deeper connection to cultures of the past by giving us a tasty sampling of daily life back then.
“Science is a tool that we use to understand things, but the motivation has to be fundamentally human….We want to be closer to these people.”
Blackley and his team plan to share their findings in greater depth with a published paper.
Now that you’ve learned what it takes to bake with 4,500-year-old yeast, read how brewers used 220-year-old yeast found in a shipwreck to make the world’s oldest beer. Then, read the story of Mary Somerville, the brilliant woman for whom the word “scientist” was created.
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