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Award Winners: Raiders of the Lost Yeast
Feb 15, 2024
Join Seamus Blackley on a daring mission to extract 4,500-year-old yeast from ancient Egyptian pots for a unique bread-baking adventure. Explore the biases against ancient civilizations and Seamus' passion for Egyptology. Follow the quest for ancient yeast and the challenges of baking with ancient grains. Uncover the mysteries of ancient Egyptian yeast and the innovative extraction methodology. Experience the thrill of baking ancient history with a potential 4,000-year-old yeast strain.
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- European style butter with higher fat content enhances baked goods' texture and quality.
- Seamus Blackley's innovative mission blends archaeology, science, and baking through ancient yeast extraction for bread making.
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Plugra's Premium Butter - Enhancing Baking Results
European style butters like Plugra, with their higher butterfat content of 82%, lead to richer, flakier pastries, cakes that rise higher, and cookies that crisp more easily compared to American butters with 80% fat. The slow churned process of butter like Plugra makes it more pliable, impacting the texture and quality of baked goods significantly.
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