tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603860147423049725.post4338659978524289106..comments2023-10-23T15:20:41.317-04:00Comments on Notes & Comments: Of Traveling and CheeseKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13311709689290719662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603860147423049725.post-9855127013478001812008-07-25T11:29:00.000-04:002008-07-25T11:29:00.000-04:00LOL! I see a new discipline emerging: theological ...LOL! I see a new discipline emerging: theological gastronomy.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378764312440462159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603860147423049725.post-64143326566343616142008-07-24T19:52:00.000-04:002008-07-24T19:52:00.000-04:00I have often thought that it's mere microbiologica...I have often thought that it's mere microbiological luck that <EM>Saccharomyces sp.</EM> got the gig as transubstantiantal bug of choice. The christians who fetishise the production of ethanol and carbon dioxide (understandable in context of the two substances that would have made prehistoric life both possible and bearable) into a deity clearly made the choice of yeast over the various lactobacteria for cultural reasons. Maybe monotheism is no more than a reification of this single genus, <EM>Saccharomyces</EM> rather than the pantheon of genera involved in curdling and maturation of cheese. A pox on monoculturism!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724425043218124723noreply@blogger.com