As ancient hieroglyphics hint, Egyptians used strains of yeast at least five thousand years ago to produce beer and other alcoholic drinks, and to leaven bread.
I think he knew how to leaven idealism with a touch of exaggeration.
Stowe read Dickens aloud to her children, and must have learned from him, and from Shakespeare, how to leaven a grim story with comic relief; even Legree's hellish plantation has on it two clowns, the brutish black henchmen Sambo and Quimbo, who finally leave off villainy to become Christian converts.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Stowe read Dickens aloud to her children, and must have learned from him, and from Shakespeare, how to leaven a grim story with comic relief; even Legree's hellish plantation has on it two clowns, the brutish black henchmen Sambo and Quimbo, who finally leave off villainy to become Christian converts.
This mixture is the first half of what will be used to leaven the bread.
As the ancient Hebrew slaves escaped without time to leaven the dough into bread, this quick and easy recipe creates a crunchy treat for snacking or for desserts.
It was the flour-and-water starter that he has used to make much of his bread since 1983, and it also is used to leaven much of the bread, so the bakers need to use only a minimum of commercial yeast.
"He knows how to fix a car; he knows opera; he knows how to bake bread, French bread," she said.
