Re:Carl Griffith's 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter
by geokon on Saturday February 10, 2024 @05:08AM
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I heard that "the distinctive San Francisco sourdough flavor" was due to the water. The Hetchhetchy water in SF has a very distinctive taste. One of the only cities I go to regularly where the tap water tastes amazing
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Re:Carl Griffith's 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter
by sndean on Saturday February 10, 2024 @10:04AM
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You can buy some of that Lactobacillus species from ATCC: https://www.atcc.org/products/27651 They also sell bacterial pathogens and other things useful for researchers, so that's pretty interesting (at least to me). I never really think about the overlap of food and microbes.
It's also called Fructilactobacillus sanfranciscensis in some places. I can't quickly tell which is the more recent naming and what lead to that change. It's lactic acid bacteria regardless.