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  • From: Alexander Brands <abb7@Lehigh.EDU>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic - Homemade carbonated drinks
  • Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:32:53 -0400

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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:59:22 -0600
From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic - Homemade carbonated drinks
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Actually I'm wondering if it might be that raisins or ginger already
have yeasts on their surface that might speed things up. After all, the
yeast is really attracted to sugar, so sugar alone should do the trick
but if there are yeasts present on the raisins or ginger or other fruit,
that's what would speed it up. Could it be something like that?

Regards,

Jay


Yes, that's a much more plausible explanation. There's a common myth that yeast spores are just flying around in the air of your kitchen. It's really common in articles about starting a sourdough culture. For sourdough, the reality is that yeast are present in the flour already, they're not coming from the air. Furthermore, yeast have no way to move in a directed fashion, they can't move at all on their own, so to say they are "attracted" to something doesn't really mean anything. So it's not that yeast are attracted to the sugar and seek it out, it's just that the sugar supports the growth of yeast that are already there.

Alex


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On 9/7/2011 9:20 AM, Maria Schumann wrote:
I think its like using raisins when you make a wine with no added
yeast-- the wild yeast is attracted to the raisins or in this case,
ginger.

On Sep 7, 2011, at 8:37 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

Why the ginger with the yeast starter?

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Maria Schumann
<mariaschu@vtlink.net> wrote:
I make mine with wild yeast-- leave a cup with grated ginger and
sugar and water on the kitchen counter for 3 or 4 days, and then use that



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