08/25/2026
Did you know that in 2019 a scientist, a microbiologist, and an Egyptologist worked together to collect an ancient strain of yeast from the inside of a piece of 4,500 year old pottery and they used that sample to make sourdough bread with?!
They were able to cultivate the yeast found in the pores of ancient Egyptian pottery and create a sourdough starter with it - then combined it with ancient grains to make a loaf of sourdough that could mimic the breads that were consumed during that time. Crazy, right?!
So for those who check out my sourdough starter kits at the market but hesitate because they think they’ll kill it - this is what I’m talking about when I say it can almost always be revived 🍞If those guys can scrape some crumbs out of an ancient pot and make bread with it then anything is possible!
Maybe 4,500 years in the future someone will find one of my old mason jars, scrape some crusty starter off the edges, and make bread with it too 😆
(Here’s a full article on the ancient bread for anyone who wants to learn more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientist-bakes-sourdough-bread-with-4500-year-old-yeast-found-in-egyptian-pottery/ )