Sourdough Culture

A Modest Suggestion: Baking Using Sourdough - a Sustainable, Slow-Paced, Traditional and Beneficial Remedy against Stress during the Covid-19 Lockdown

“…The production and consumption of sourdough can be traced back to several millennia BC, as assessed from pottery remains from ancient Egyptian tombs, up to 8000 years ago (Papadimitriou et al 2019). Today, we think of sourdough as a special type of bread but before the advent of commercial yeast sourdough was the only way bread was made (Harris 2003). The manner of sourdough use has remained virtually unchanged from antiquity until the late seventeenth century.…”

“…It could indicate a new way of living that starts from daily activities, with a smallscale and bottom-up approach, based on sustainable use of food and promotion of a subsistence economy. This seems to be the function that sourdough has had in the recent past (Harris 2003). Although refreshing a sourdough may seem wasteful because it requires disposing of most of the yeast, on the other hand this can be a social advantage.…”