What we really didn't want to know could go into sausages ...

[Jonathan Lighter]

Looks like you've got the QOTY on your hands, Joel.

And it's really two quotes in one:

"baby poop can be a great way to start culture."

Probably how it happened, too.

JL

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> but felt compelled to inquire about.
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> "Spanish researchers studied the potential utility of using bacteria
> isolated from infant feces as a starter culture for fermented sausages."
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> Winner of the 2014 Ig Nobel prize for Nutrition.
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> Courtesy Boston Globe, Sept. 14.  The Globe reporter apparently was
> running out of space, and didn't report the results of the last two
> prizes it listed.  However, elsewhere we learn that the nutition
> result was positive --"baby poop can be a great way to start culture
> for fermented sausage."
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> http://www.inquisitr.com/1489185/can-bacon-cure-nosebleeds-ig-nobel-prize-winner-says-so-video/
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> Joel
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