This post describes making food out of bodily secretions. Proceed with caution. You've been warned.
There are thousands of recipes for sourdough bread out there. While they require microscopic fungus for leavening, none of them -- surprisingly -- mean that kind of yeast.
So feminist blogger Zoe Stavri got inventive and came up with a new recipe for sourdough bread that uses -- ahem -- her own yeast.
Have thrush. Genuinely considering using it to make sourdough.— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 21, 2015
Stavri live-tweeted the experience and provided photographic evidence of her sourdough starter along the way. On her blog, she responds to horrified commenters that the process is no more disgusting than, say, making your own salami -- or making regular sourdough, for that matter.
I'M FUCKING DOING IT #cuntsourdough pic.twitter.com/FsNIsAIAMv— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 21, 2015
@thespyglass me too. I don't know if I plonked enough of my vag yeast into it. Time will tell!— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 21, 2015
Chefs chimed in; some argued “yeast is yeast.”
@stavvers I'm also a pro chef and I say yeast is yeast.— El H.D.H. (@El_HDH) November 23, 2015
Others were skeptical to say the least.
professional chef & avid bread baker here. you have entirely the wrong idea about what sourdough is. this is bad & will taste bad @stavvers— Vaguba Sourdough (@McLeemz) November 23, 2015