Facts About Amish Hygiene And Lifestyle Habits

[post_page_title]The dangers of friendship bread[/post_page_title]

There are few people in the Western world today as interlinked to their communities as the Amish are. And perhaps there’s no better signifier of the Amish sense of community togetherness than Amish friendship bread. Its recipe calls for the creation of a sourdough starter, which can be baked into various breads.

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Part of that starter, however, is meant to be given to friends or the needy, hence the “friendship.” It’s a beautiful concept… except that health experts warn that dough left to ferment for a long period of time may develop salmonella bacteria, among other little devils.

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