Scientists find yeast in frozen mummy's guts, use it to make sourdough bread

150 points by kwentongskyblue 8 hours ago on reddit | 28 comments

thesweeterpeter | 8 hours ago

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should

sewmanychoices | 8 hours ago

Dunno. Combining vaginal yeast beers and mummified yeast sourdough could make for the trendiest hipster café/bar known to man

NonagonJimfinity | 8 hours ago

"Just two guys with a crazy idea"

[OP] kwentongskyblue | 6 hours ago

Two guys, 1 yeast

ActorMonkey | 6 hours ago

We do things a little different around here

ScoffersGonnaScoff | 8 hours ago

I’ll try anything once

ProcrastinationSite | 8 hours ago

Some people should not be given access to the internet

sewmanychoices | 8 hours ago

More than half the planet eat the literal flesh / corpses of other animals and think nothing of it. Yeast is just bacteria. Not sure why it's any more offensive.

ETA: fungi - not bacteria

ProcrastinationSite | 7 hours ago

Lol it's not offensive at all! Just utterly disgusting 😂

sewmanychoices | 7 hours ago

Offensive means to cause anger, resentment or disgust

ProcrastinationSite | 7 hours ago

Okay lol

ryanr47 | 7 hours ago

Don’t give them their most brilliant idea like ever

DangMeteor | 7 hours ago

VagiGut beers! They have ADAPTOGENS

knarfolled | 7 hours ago

I’m sorry what?

sewmanychoices | 7 hours ago

Became a thing, very briefly, about a decade ago, alongside breast milk ice-cream 🙃

ManateeNipples | 7 hours ago

Cool

Eww

royale_wthCheEsE | 6 hours ago

Fun fact, in the 12th-18th centuries in Europe, mummies were ground up and used for “medicine” to cure headaches , epilepsy and other ailments. (Not that it worked at all)

ZealousidealFall1181 | 5 hours ago

Remember the power of placebo.

Lower_Ad_1317 | 7 hours ago

“Eeeeerm, your go, no I’m good, just had protein shake. ✌️👍”

stromyoloing | 7 hours ago

Forbidden dough

Charlos11 | 3 hours ago

I sincerely hate this

humboldtHue | 7 hours ago

And they said Dr. Frankenstein was mad

KilllllerWhale | 5 hours ago

I find it amusing they asked the lead scientist, a muslim, if they plan to use the yeast to make beer.

Mind1827 | an hour ago

I mean, they said they had, lol. Doesn't mean you have to drink it.

highoncatnipbrownies | 2 hours ago

No.

atlasobscura | an hour ago