The Microbe You Eat All The Time

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  • Yeast: the most coveted microbe during this pandemic. This week we’re taking a close look at the little guys that make up our bread and beer and the vital role they’ve had for thousands of years.
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  • @rotifer
    @rotifer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    *Yeast farming is quite the tradition among us Rotifers. Every 4 cell cycles, a competition is held to see who can grow the biggest yeast culture. Ah, the cellular fair, such wonderful memories!*

    • @camramaster
      @camramaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      How small is your keyboard?

    • @listen2164
      @listen2164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes.

    • @katakana1
      @katakana1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's every 4 generations!
      Or every 120 years, human time.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      god i love bread. so so so much. but baking powder (tartaric acid mixed with sodium bicarb) works just fine. the only issue is wine. i do love wine. like, _a lot_ and probably would be unable to socialize without it. on the other hand, it's burny and itchy when it gets in your body, and makes the world's most horrifying cottage cheese spew from one's body. i still haven't made up my mind yet, as to whether i love or despise it.
      though i'd have to say, in everyday life, wine is a much more common product of yeast than the cottage cheese. wine is an everyday thing, while cottage cheese is a few times a year type of thing. still, it's hard to decide. i guess it's a love-hate relationship. but i definitely feel conflicted. thank god for unsweetened kefir. or unsweetened yogurt in a pinch. don't wanna give those little invaders any sugar to feed on. *angrily shakes fist*

    • @senanlane6882
      @senanlane6882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@BothHands1 sorry to tell you but yeast is in flour

  • @ectomorphosis
    @ectomorphosis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    Missed opportunity to mention one of the best words in microbiology: “shmooing” - part of yeast sexual reproduction cycle

    • @greggrobinson5116
      @greggrobinson5116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I'll be damned! "Schmoo: Noun. (plural shmoos or shmoon) A fictional animal created by cartoonist Al Capp. (biology) A projection from yeast in response to mating ." Thank you for that!
      pheromones."www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01U8t0rQsalSMULhaObtGZ3fPfQ8Q:1599254881365&q=What+is+a+Shmoo+in+biology%3F&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPpO_YuNDrAhUBL6wKHT-lChIQzmd6BAgMEB8&biw=1222&bih=610

    • @lukahutinski9075
      @lukahutinski9075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ill be sure to use shmooing word in my day to day life

    • @Gabriel-zx3ge
      @Gabriel-zx3ge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "Hey babe, let's do some shmooing tonight after dinner"

    • @WWZenaDo
      @WWZenaDo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A shmoo, according to the late cartoonist Al Capp: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo#/media/File:Lifeshmoo.jpg
      According to Capp, the shmoo was an obliging creature that produced milk and eggs which would willingly, even cheerfully allowed humans to slaughter and eat it, thereby preventing certain poverty-stricken communities (like Dogpatch) to survive. Of course the drop in profits for grocery stores prompted the oligarchy to send out the US military to destroy all smoos, but a few survived and carry on the lineage to this day [supposedly]. Wikipedia about shmoos: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

    • @kathrynmyrick1739
      @kathrynmyrick1739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Shmoo shmoo

  • @clutchyfinger
    @clutchyfinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    Me put food in jar. Me forget jar. Many moon. Jar remember now. Jar smell funny. Me drink juice. I then experienced a euphoriant effect and recorded the findings in my data.

    • @camramaster
      @camramaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Ah, the history/process of biological and culinary exparimentation.

    • @DingXiaoke
      @DingXiaoke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sorry! Me late. CV broke...

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Lol that shift in grammar after the drink

    • @fidalf99
      @fidalf99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      props to the madman who actually drank the juice.

    • @VictorGarciaR
      @VictorGarciaR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@fidalf99
      "Oh, uh... smells kinda funny.... I guess it is still ok to drink.... WHOAH, the ground moves"

  • @timothythompson4144
    @timothythompson4144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    I really kneaded this.

  • @LolUGotBusted
    @LolUGotBusted 4 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    I can just imagine the rolling fields of ancient China with scattered herds of wild yeast

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      "The Wild Yeast" would be a good name for a rock band.

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Wilderyeast.

    • @sprotte6665
      @sprotte6665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      this is what youtube comments should be like

    • @DankMemer42013
      @DankMemer42013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sprotte6665 indubitably good sir mmm yes 🧐

    • @hunnitmanjuuve2404
      @hunnitmanjuuve2404 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DankMemer42013 axiomatic

  • @Roses4Chelsey
    @Roses4Chelsey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    "Yeasty Boys" is what my husband calls our homebrew yeast cultures. The future is fermentation!!!

    • @Artifying
      @Artifying 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s the name of my kombucha culture!

    • @Leo-hk6qg
      @Leo-hk6qg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I can't stand it, I know you planned it
      I'mma set it straight, this Yeastgate
      I can't stand bubbling when I'm in here
      'Cause your sourdough ball ain't so crystal clear
      So while you sit back and wonder why
      I got this fuckin' yeast in my side
      Oh my god, it's a SCOBY
      I'm tellin' y'all, it's a kombucha
      So, so, so, so listen up, 'cause you can't brew nothin'
      You'll shut me down with a push of your airlock
      But, yo, I'm out and I'm anaerobic
      I'll tell you now, I keep it cool and dark
      'Cause what you see, you might not get
      And we can bet, so don't you get fermented yet
      Scheming on a thing, that's a high ethanol concentration
      I'm trying to tell you now, it's saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • @agschwend
      @agschwend 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Leo-hk6qg great!! 😂👍

    • @0zak15
      @0zak15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your husband deserves 👏 👏 👏

    • @JoseGranny
      @JoseGranny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There was a girl band in the 80s called the Yeastie Girls 😂

  • @DieFlabbergast
    @DieFlabbergast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    "Despite having only one cell, yeast have somehow figured out how to convert sugar into alcohol. This is, let's face it, a far more impressive achievement than anything we can attribute to large, complex, multicellular organisms, such as, for instance, the Secretary of Transportation." Dave Barry

    • @bananian
      @bananian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So yeast is kind of like jesus

  • @roymartin7713
    @roymartin7713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Still love the David Attenborough version of Hank Green on this channel. Keep it up, man.

  • @rotifer
    @rotifer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    *Yeast is one of the staple food groups to maintain a healthy outer cuticle. Though to be honest, as a larva I didn't really find it all that appetizing. It was the only way mama Rotifer would let me have any mitochondrial cakes for dessert though, so I was left no other choice!*

    • @mmtruooao8377
      @mmtruooao8377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We thank Rotifer mama for watching over this tiny, tiny friend.

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If you don't eat your yeast, you can't have any pudding!

  • @itzmedb8290
    @itzmedb8290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    released just in time for supper. you guys make dinner very entertaining and educational for me, thank you for all you been doin

  • @rynieryarom4277
    @rynieryarom4277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This reminds me of the days I was doing my FYP and spending days and nights staring at yeast and fungi. Some yeast smell amazing, some fluffy, some may cause skin infections. The nightmares of writing the thesis

    • @giantsquid2
      @giantsquid2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeasts and molds are fascinating

  • @mariamawad5067
    @mariamawad5067 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am from Egypt and l really love this channel ,it enrich my mind also it help my in my studies

  • @MandrakeFernflower
    @MandrakeFernflower 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I am the yeast I worship
    - Death Grips (sort of)

    • @Matiburon04
      @Matiburon04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I drench my feast and eat it
      I light my toast and burn it

    • @AzuriteCoast
      @AzuriteCoast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Matiburon04 I light my toast and fement*

    • @Tadesan
      @Tadesan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fiaca it’s deep because it’s ineloquent.

  • @carolines7215
    @carolines7215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    If you want to learn more about our history with yeast I highly recommend the Gastroegyptology episode of the Ologies podcast! Alie Ward interviews Seamus Blackley about his work with researchers to bring back ancient strains of yeast and how he’s been baking with them!

    • @boris978
      @boris978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      By Dawn and Dusk, what a fascinating proposition. Thank you!

  • @alvisvalencia
    @alvisvalencia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A video about lactobacili and the fermentation of our food would be great! I think they're just as important as S. cerevisiae c:

  • @paularomano2713
    @paularomano2713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Certainly after watching this video, the next bread I make, will have a deeper taste. I have been studying the process of fermentation. This video was a great dive! Thanks indeed!!!

  • @Guydude777
    @Guydude777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Congratulations! Here's to another year of the Microcosmos.

  • @Obligatedx9
    @Obligatedx9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is truly my favourite channel on youtube. I come here when I’m stressed and always leave more relaxed, educated and curious! It also helps to remind me about why I love biology and why I am studying it during university, during times when I somethimes question my choice of education. Thank you!

  • @mattmar96
    @mattmar96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Andrew! You found the PERFECT use for your modular synths. This is it.

  • @vanderkarl3927
    @vanderkarl3927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I was hoping you would talk about their structure and behavior. How do they do what they do? What bits make them special?

    • @dejayrezme8617
      @dejayrezme8617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah episode was interesting but a bit light on the microcosmos.

    • @limiv5272
      @limiv5272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The level of depth in this episode seems to me to be similar to most others, I think it only feels like you're missing information because you're already somewhat familiar with S. cerevisiae. Anyway, if you have a more specific question I might be able to help you. Some years ago I worked in a lab that studies yeast for a few months

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Answer: "yeasty magic"

  • @mikedrop4421
    @mikedrop4421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This video infected my brain and expanded my thoughts like it was gluten and is now aging and maturing. You might say it's fermenting and I'm now drunk with the power of my newfound knowledge.

    • @Jacob-yg7lz
      @Jacob-yg7lz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      using this joke for too long makes it go a little bit sour, do.

  • @giovannidueck9094
    @giovannidueck9094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Love the thumbnail, “Yeast mode”
    Lmao

    • @ac.creations
      @ac.creations 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Marshawn Lynch busts in grabbin his ding ding and eatin skittles*

  • @tomfoolery8100
    @tomfoolery8100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I started brewing my own wine and making homemade bread since the pandemic started.
    This video was right in my area and very fascinating!

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Little etymological trivia: "Barm" is actually derived from the Old English "beorma," meaning "yeast" or something leavened with yeast. The term "barmy" then stemmed from that and was originally used to refer to an overexcited person (frothing or bubbling with excitement the same way yeast makes beverages bubble). The modern sense where it implies "foolishness" or "craziness" may be from the conflation of it with 18th century London slang "balmy," which means the latter.

  • @timothythompson4144
    @timothythompson4144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Yaaay, Microcosm did my favorite microbe.

    • @brain_tonic
      @brain_tonic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why do they have to look so fizzy? Just looking at this makes me wanna grab a beer.

  • @dosadnizub
    @dosadnizub 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Make an episode about kefir bacteria! :-D they seem properly domesticated and very old!
    Also lactic bacteria :-)

  • @declanmagee58
    @declanmagee58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's got to the point now that I can't go to sleep without Journey to the Microcosmos. And I live in Southern Spain, so that's the 4pm sleep and the 11pm sleep.

  • @koopalar
    @koopalar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can’t understand why this doesn’t have enough views. This microbe has shaped human evolution!

  • @Official_Youtube_Support
    @Official_Youtube_Support 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Last Time I was this Early, I was Learning About Mitochondria

    • @procrastinator99
      @procrastinator99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's the power house of the cell, you know.
      .........lol.

  • @ollieworth7341
    @ollieworth7341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    loving and appreciating this channel! helps me realign and calm down

    • @jlw35cudvm
      @jlw35cudvm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This channel is my catharsis also

    • @neha16702
      @neha16702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Uma pessoa they are not saying the videos help them remember to hydrate. they are saying the videos are relaxing. the reminder to hydrate was just for anyone reading their comment, reminding everyone to take care of themselves

  • @matthewserrano4048
    @matthewserrano4048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Yeast actually killed the aliens from the War of the Worlds.

    • @hopsta5628
      @hopsta5628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Actually, it didn't happen.
      Be careful how you use the English language.

    • @timothythompson4144
      @timothythompson4144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@hopsta5628 i mean not so careful that you don't have fun, but yeah careful.

    • @philtkaswahl2124
      @philtkaswahl2124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And they were delicious.

    • @edwardcarrington3531
      @edwardcarrington3531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Hopsta you sound like somebody’s lame 11th grade English teacher

    • @matthewserrano4048
      @matthewserrano4048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hopsta5628 I don't get you dude?

  • @joooooooooooe
    @joooooooooooe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so happy I found this channel - literally my favorite content on youtube and possibly the centralized web

  • @BlankPicketSign
    @BlankPicketSign 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    _There is an inn, a merry old inn_
    _beneath an old grey hill,_
    _And there they brew a beer so brown_
    _That the Man in the Moon himself came down_
    _one night to drink his fill_

  • @MaxGreen111
    @MaxGreen111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yeast is one of my favorite ingredients to work with. The way it foams up is really cool and personally I think it smells really cool, sort of like wine but less acidic and more earthy.

  • @danielm.1441
    @danielm.1441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Not every time you eat bread... some bread is unleavened!

  • @tsawy6
    @tsawy6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favourite thing about yeast is how special it is as a model organism because it's a fungus, and therefore /much/ more closely related to us than bacteria, whilst still being a very simple and microscopic organism which for a huge number of reasons is super valuable. Not to mention the fact that we've been figuring out how to grow it for, as discussed at length here, literally centuries.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'll drink to that. 🍻

  • @JeweledRoseStudios
    @JeweledRoseStudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love to see the little friends who’s handiwork I am drinking as we speak! I started Mead brewing to pass the time in the outbreak, and the ‘champagne’ type of yeast make up to 18% alcohol under good conditions; the cherry blend I finished aging is really good, especially lengthened with some lavender soda

  • @StefanoBertacchi
    @StefanoBertacchi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am a biotechnologist working on yeasts and their exploitation in biorefineries as natural microbes and genetic modified. Thanks a lot for this very interesting video! I am also involved into science communication, therefore I really like this video and all the channel!

  • @TheButtDepot
    @TheButtDepot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Come for the quip, stay for the knowledge.

  • @tsaszymborska7389
    @tsaszymborska7389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congratulations people of the journeys to the microcosmos! Keep up your great work!

  • @38josue91
    @38josue91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice! I love fungi! Do aspergillus next!

  • @saltdaemon4453
    @saltdaemon4453 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks Hank, never stop being awesome!

  • @cinderling5472
    @cinderling5472 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love the calm narration ❤️

  • @TheRogueWolf
    @TheRogueWolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I love Yeast, he's a real fun guy.

    • @VintageSG
      @VintageSG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Don't try bartering with him at the car dealership though. When it comes to pricing, he doesn't have mushroom to maneuver.

    • @jameshitchingham2338
      @jameshitchingham2338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VintageSG Virtual EYE roll and face palm to both of you...puns are painful to me LOL

    • @rubiniosity
      @rubiniosity 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Rogue Wolf, i didn´t think i´d see a PS2 youtuber here. ^^
      I hope you´re having a great day!

    • @TheRogueWolf
      @TheRogueWolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rubiniosity You also, thank you!

    • @CarmenLC
      @CarmenLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hank: fun jai?

  • @avnertishby
    @avnertishby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the only channels where I can press like before even watching the video.

  • @crazyhorse360
    @crazyhorse360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As an avid home brewer I approve this message! These videos are so good! Keep this shit up seriously!

  • @roti1873
    @roti1873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These guys should direct the live-action adaptation of Osmosis Jones.

  • @dndlover28
    @dndlover28 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've loved sci show and eons forever! I cant believe I just found this channel !!

  • @emilesamson316
    @emilesamson316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a food fermentation student I am very happy you guys covered yeasts 😁. Would love to see an episode on rhizopus oryzae and other fermentation related microbes!

  • @calcaware
    @calcaware 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "the grim realities of disease"... and the incredibly positive realities of our own microbiota.

  • @jalener8980
    @jalener8980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really love this channel! :)

  • @SolidReader
    @SolidReader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A toast to bread! Provided by our funny fungal friends!

  • @dalton6173
    @dalton6173 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You reminded me of the shortest poem I have ever written.
    There is no true open mystery, only the unopened books of our history.
    I will admit I could have heard this somewhere else and thought I made it up much like when I was in preK I thought I made up the word Infinity.

  • @shanialata957
    @shanialata957 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really love the way you guys explain👍❤

  • @kevinmoore2501
    @kevinmoore2501 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always interesting videos. Liked.

  • @Morfeucomvoce
    @Morfeucomvoce 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally an episode about yeast! Loved it.

  • @savvapouroullis7927
    @savvapouroullis7927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now you've go0tta do a followup episode looking at sourdough! It would be cool to look at a sourdough starter that is going well and a starter that went bad because of bacteria proliferation.

  • @multi_misa72
    @multi_misa72 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just awesome, every video, just 👌

  • @aashkashah3
    @aashkashah3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wooh, this is a hidden gem in the world of youtube! Looove your channel. I am not a biologist who is interested in biology. You know, I always wonder while reading those boring research papers... why these researchers not filming their observations and conclusions. And here I am...

  • @theresapaininmybrain
    @theresapaininmybrain 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thumbs up! Its the yeast i can do! I hope to see your channel continue to rise!

  • @Volheim212
    @Volheim212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I work as laboratorie technician so I do sometimes work with yeast and the thing about Yeast been "domesticated", you could say that. it is a living thing, that we can control and do what we want with, and all the types of yeast strains that we have "bred" throughout these present time, as we have also done with E. coli to support in cloning.

  • @robertcoulson483
    @robertcoulson483 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent!

  • @student_remo
    @student_remo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!

  • @matthhiasbrownanonionchopp3471
    @matthhiasbrownanonionchopp3471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:52 a smiley face :)

  • @AlbyPenney
    @AlbyPenney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yeast is my new favorite thing as both The Thought Emporium and these guys are posting about it!

  • @Leomoon101
    @Leomoon101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nothing like waking to a Saturday morning, eating cereal and watching a show like this. :]

  • @markloveless1001
    @markloveless1001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When Hank mentioned lactic acid fermentation, I was hoping for a shout-out to sauerkraut. Not as flashy as bread and beer by any means, but hey. And speaking of hay, lactic acid fermentation is what breaks down the fibers making it better for our rumenant friends. And it makes salami salami.

  • @Jim73
    @Jim73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was struck during this video the question: "Why aren't there like/dislike options, as well as subscription options during a fullscreen PC experience?" It could be a little 'activation' area on the edges of the screen (, like Firefox offers for Picture-in-Picture type behavior). I frequently forget to 'like' videos I actually really love because I'm entirely consumed by the ideas in the video.

  • @Ry-dx5om
    @Ry-dx5om 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that they're are 5 pages of Patreon supporters of this channel. Super cool how it's grown.

  • @BalancedEarth
    @BalancedEarth 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    YAY! YEAST EPISODE! Was thinking Journy to the Microcosmos should do an episode shortly after watching Adam Regusa's video a couple days ago. Love the knowledge!

  • @edwardlulofs444
    @edwardlulofs444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep up the good work

  • @biosndlogos1357
    @biosndlogos1357 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sir 🙏💐

  • @drlegendre
    @drlegendre 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the tropics, where various species of date and coconut palms grow, no knowledge of yeats is required to produce alcoholic drinks. Fresh sap extracted from the palms begins to ferment immediately on exposure to air, producing a mildly alcoholic drink in just a couple of hours. Left overnight, levels of alcohol continue to increase.
    The fermented sap can be drunk as-is or distilled into strong liquor with alcohol levels equal to bottled rum or whisky.

  • @thaswami9900
    @thaswami9900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is so cool I work at a donuts shop making the donuts so it’s interesting to learn more about this I use these little guys every single day 👍

    • @paulkazjack
      @paulkazjack 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How many have you nicked?

  • @ChalfantMT
    @ChalfantMT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Let us also not forget the honorable mention of other fermented things:
    Chocolate, Kimchi, Sauerkraut, Miso, Kefir, Yogurt, Kombucha, Tempeh, Kvass, Natto, Coffee, and even Tobacco!
    ...and probably so much more!

  • @ashisborah19921
    @ashisborah19921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man!! Your microscopic photographs!! Every microbiologists dream! Please make a tutorial on your microscopic techniques and tricks specifically

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Endlessly fascinating🔬

  • @DavidBeaumont
    @DavidBeaumont 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Perhaps you can do one on Koji next :) It's the other half of the equation for brewing Sake.

  • @thefreakmachine
    @thefreakmachine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I find intriguing the idea of microfauna accidental domestication.
    Always inspiring

  • @cheaterman49
    @cheaterman49 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:00 You're spot on, "The Memoir of alcoholic fermentation" :-)

  • @Ratciclefan
    @Ratciclefan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @gandymancan3460
    @gandymancan3460 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ha! I love that I got a beer advertisement as this video started!

  • @zJoriz
    @zJoriz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know what's funny? Just three days ago the idea popped up in my head to suggest 'differences between fermentation and rotting' as a topic to JttM.
    Never got around to doing it, but I guess this answeres one of my questions.

  • @cabbage4254
    @cabbage4254 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love nutritional yeast. Yum!

  • @mazo691
    @mazo691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That domestication could pertain to yeasts is really interesting. Thanks!

  • @rhohoho
    @rhohoho 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet budding fungi, I love this channel!

  • @jerrymantik5477
    @jerrymantik5477 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank's fot sharing✍️👍🙏

  • @nick-of-all-trades
    @nick-of-all-trades 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man is downright amazing at outsourcing digestion.

  • @seitisetsoh4991
    @seitisetsoh4991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just learned the term "shmooing", thanks!

  • @TheoEvian
    @TheoEvian 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a Central European I have to say that lactic acid fermentation is also delicious and that one oft forgotten fermented product from the eyes of US people are the multitude of salami and related products. If you thought hacked meat and fat seasoned with pepper and paprica that you smoke in your shed can taste pretty good wait untill you slap some of that microbe coating on it so you make a mold-coated hungarian salami :D

  • @noliverk
    @noliverk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Which reminds me I should go start a batch of bread dough.

  • @MrAlice613
    @MrAlice613 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a little note regarding what the definition of yeast is, since it’s a bit unclear in the video. The term “yeast” refers to any single celled stage of a fungus’s life cycle. Many fungi only have a yeast form, many only have a hyphal form, some switch between yeast and hyphal forms depending on environmental factors or reproductive stage, and so on. Fungi are wild

  • @AkamiChannel
    @AkamiChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I had to go eat a piece of bread after watching this. Delicious.

  • @blueberrychocolate4238
    @blueberrychocolate4238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never thought yeast was this interesting!

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am enjoying this episode with a nice, tall glass of beer and a Cheddar-cheese and salami sandwich.

    • @emmavg3070
      @emmavg3070 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahh yes... yeast

  • @sheccabaw
    @sheccabaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:15 I know it's spelled Leeuwenhoek, but it's funny to me that a guy who observed yeast had a name that sounds like it has "leaven" in it

  • @Futt.Buckerson
    @Futt.Buckerson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Did we domesticate [yeasts]?" An interesting question, there is some who believe that wheat is what domesticated us, and we rarely use wheat w/o yeast.

  • @Tadesan
    @Tadesan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chillin with my buds.

  • @merren2306
    @merren2306 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kinda important to note that we usually kill the yeast before eating it. In the case of bread at least, it dies during the baking process - the yeast actually dies at a lower temperature than the one at which bread starts to... yknow... bake, so you could if you want to kill the yeast in bread dough without baking it.