Palate-cleanser: researchers bake bread made from 4,500 year old Egyptian yeast.

Two weeks ago, with the help of Egyptologist @drserenalove and Microbiologist @rbowman1234, I went to Boston’s MFA and @Harvard’s @peabodymuseum to attempt collecting 4,500 year old yeast from Ancient Egyptian pottery. Today, I baked with some of it… pic.twitter.com/143aKe6M3b

— Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) August 5, 2019

Quick! Someone pitch this to the QAnon rubes as a “seekrit poshun” that will bestow immortality and banish Hilary forever…