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All this and more I learned from Yoghurt: A Global History, a recent book by June Hersh. What I still don’t know is why those Neolithic people were even trying to drink milk, if it upset their stomachs. They were keeping sheep and goats, sure, but why were they milking them?
Notes
- Yoghurt: A Global History is available from Reaktion Books, and for a discount enter Yoghurt21 at checkout.
- Metchnikoff is a pretty fascinating character quite apart from his role in the rise of yoghurt. His Nobel biography is an interesting starting place, which naturally leads to a book extract about his public lecture.
- It really is very easy to make your own yoghurt at home, though not as easy as kefir.
- Here is the transcript
- Banner photo from Nikolaj Potanin on Flickr.
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