links for 2011-02-25

• How to make your original yeast water
  Culturing yeast off of raisins, using the raisins as sugar source. Indeed, sima, a lightly fermented spring drink from Finland, is inoculated with packet yeast, but I think originally was inoculated with the raisins that are part of the recipe.
  (tags: sima fermentation food recipes yeast practicalmicrobes molecularist)