Participating in this workshop was a really great and strong experience.
There where produced good yoghurt's that I would not be able to distinguish from yoghurt bought in a supermarket. But there where also some that turned out more to cheese or just smelled strange.
But standing in a crowd looking at these yoghurts, smelling and giving them names after their identity was really amazing.
Highlighting this human bacterial relation was very strong. I have worked in many labs and smelled many fermentations but it's the first time where, smelling a yoghurt has given me goosebumps all over the body.
It was an art workshop, not a scientific workshop with the aim of producing food. The aim as I see it, was to reflect on the bacteria that surrounds us, live on or inside us, and facilitate good discussions.
The samples were coded, so that only the person giving the sample knew what yoghurt's were theirs,this was done in case that something unpleasant should be found.
Could this workshop set-up be compared to the situation where you give your cat a big bowl of milk, it drinks some of it, but leave it for three days on your kitchen floor?
This is not illegal, but could be quite un-safe as well.
Best.
Martin
2015-07-02 0:01 GMT+02:00 'SC' via DIYbio <diybio@googlegroups.com>:
From the web page:--"We will start with opening the yoghurt, visually inspecting the product and deciding if the vaghurt qualifies for a smelling/tasting session. "My God, what a horribly bad idea. You do know other bacteria grow in vaginas, right? You know that friendly and dangerous bacteria can be easily co-cultured, right? What "visual inspection" criteria would you use to determine if the yogurt is safe to eat?This is completely irresponsible.
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