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Fermented foods shaped human biology

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Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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Stinging nettle is known to have been eaten by the celts. It can be boiled or picked, which breaks down the stinging nature of the plant. Also, cook books are a modern invention. You're not going to find a collection of thousand year old recipes by looking at written records.

While cook books are modern, we do actually find thousand year old recipes [1]. [1] https://eatshistory.com/the-5-oldest-recipes-in-the-world/

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Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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I've had this hypothesis that human bodies are kind of like cruise ships built by microbes. The larger body is not necessarily the one in control (like in the cruise ship metaphor). Maybe at some point, the vessel being built gains some control of its own - maybe this will happen with AI.

Are you saying the microbes have been telling me to stay up and vibe-autoresearch some random OSS projects? Wild if true.

Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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You’re supposed to open the can in a bucket of water outside with a good breeze. Once it’s rinsed and prepped on crackers or focaccia it’s not bad.

It's still pretty bad tbh. Also: focaccia? you're supposed to eat it with tunnbröd, boiled potatoes and sour cream!

Ja, tunnbröd, potatis o gräddfil är standard men det gott på focaccias med lite aoli. Provade det för första gången i Luleå.

Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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This is an excellent article. Currently fermented foods are fashionable amongst those that care for such things, and this article spares the reader of the hype, hype which could be horse manure. The Yakult company of Japan make these fermented foods things, calling the yogurts is a joke considering the ingredients. For decades they have been getting themselves banned by advertising standards for claims regarding bene…

The Yakult strain (L shirota) has solid research behind it. And tbh I feel a real difference when drinking them.

Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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post #55

This is an excellent article. Currently fermented foods are fashionable amongst those that care for such things, and this article spares the reader of the hype, hype which could be horse manure. The Yakult company of Japan make these fermented foods things, calling the yogurts is a joke considering the ingredients. For decades they have been getting themselves banned by advertising standards for claims regarding bene…

The Yakult strain (L shirota) has solid research behind it. And tbh I feel a real difference when drinking them.

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Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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Ok I just looked at my batch of sauerkraut and it needed some liquid so I added some white wine (chasselas). If it kills the reaction I will hunt you down and make you eat moldy sauerkraut.

I’ve done Chinese style fermentation which just goes forever, you add more veggies in as you take them out, and it calls for adding vodka every month or so. Wine should be fine

Interesting... I've never heard of vodka being used in fermentation, but also I'm unfamiliar with Chinese styles of fermentation.

Are there any resources you can recommend to help speed up the education of someone wanting to learn more about this?

Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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It's still pretty bad tbh. Also: focaccia? you're supposed to eat it with tunnbröd, boiled potatoes and sour cream!

Ja, tunnbröd, potatis o gräddfil är standard men det gott på focaccias med lite aoli. Provade det för första gången i Luleå.

Huh, där ser man! Hade aldrig kommit på tanken att blanda aoli och surströmming!

Fast å andra sidan slipper jag helst att blanda mig och surströmming också, om det går!

Re: Fermented foods shaped human biology

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The Yakult strain (L shirota) has solid research behind it. And tbh I feel a real difference when drinking them.

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I'm not sure what triggered your out-of-proportion response and I choose not to engage with it.
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