From: nicodemus@foobar.hellsuncles.co.uk   
      
   riburr wrote:   
      
   > I'd be tempted to try a small bite, well cooked of course, just to   
   > satisfy my curiosity as to taste.   
      
   Where it is eaten, it's boiled to death and the water thrown away, then   
   cooked.   
      
   >  Or, maybe dried cracker crisp, ground   
   > to a powder and dried again, and used as a seasoning, just for   
   > curiosity's sake.  And, I'm not gonna think about curiosity and cats.   
      
   Good analogy.   
      
   > I think it was you that said you're better off waiting 'til spring for   
   > more vigorous native yeasts?  The bread was deliciously sour, but it   
   > didn't rise for my satisfaction.  The Dutch oven works great.  After   
   > several less-than-ideal attempts, my wife actually bought some baker's   
   > yeast, and *ordered* me to use it.   
      
   :-)   
      
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