library Archives - falafelandcaviar.com Sun, 21 Apr 2019 09:26:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 The Only Sourdough Library in the World Is Located in Belgium https://falafelandcaviar.com/the-only-sourdough-library-in-the-world-is-located-in-belgium/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:50:41 +0000 https://falafelandcaviar.com/?p=7698 Though libraries are usually places that collect books, some of them can be a home to many other valuable items. The Puratos World Heritage Sourdough Library in St. Vith, Belgium, is a unique place in the world that safeguards over 100 bread starters. It’s common to use a commercial yeast today, but for thousands of […]

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]]> Though libraries are usually places that collect books, some of them can be a home to many other valuable items. The Puratos World Heritage Sourdough Library in St. Vith, Belgium, is a unique place in the world that safeguards over 100 bread starters.

It’s common to use a commercial yeast today, but for thousands of years, people needed to rely on starters if they wanted a nice sourdough bread. The starters consist of wild yeast and bacteria, which need to ferment for several days in order to create a living blob.

Learn more about the sourdough library in Belgium in the video below.

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> library Archives - falafelandcaviar.com Sun, 21 Apr 2019 09:26:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 The Only Sourdough Library in the World Is Located in Belgium https://falafelandcaviar.com/the-only-sourdough-library-in-the-world-is-located-in-belgium/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:50:41 +0000 https://falafelandcaviar.com/?p=7698 Though libraries are usually places that collect books, some of them can be a home to many other valuable items. The Puratos World Heritage Sourdough Library in St. Vith, Belgium, is a unique place in the world that safeguards over 100 bread starters. It’s common to use a commercial yeast today, but for thousands of […]

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]]> Though libraries are usually places that collect books, some of them can be a home to many other valuable items. The Puratos World Heritage Sourdough Library in St. Vith, Belgium, is a unique place in the world that safeguards over 100 bread starters.

It’s common to use a commercial yeast today, but for thousands of years, people needed to rely on starters if they wanted a nice sourdough bread. The starters consist of wild yeast and bacteria, which need to ferment for several days in order to create a living blob.

Learn more about the sourdough library in Belgium in the video below.

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