[Sca-cooks] Collecting Yeast from Birch Trees

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 03:12 PM 9/9/03 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Long ago (OK, it was only 7 years ago), at a Laurel Prize Tourney, not so
very far away (only about 3 hours), I was told that although yeast from
brewing was the most plentiful and commonly used in period, yeast was also
collected off of birch trees. 
>
>Have any of you heard of such a thing? Has anybody seen any documentation?

Well, I don't know that it isn't true, but I must point out that there are
many places where birch trees do not grow as native plants, and that
somewhow, brewers in those places still has yeasts for brewing...

It is my understanding and experience that yeasts are present just about
anywhere- many are airborne. I rather doubt that the presence of birch
trees necessarily is an indicator of teh presence of yeast.

my two livres,

'Lainie
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