> > "Rob Dewhirst" wrote in
> > message news:bec0qa$he6$ snipped-for-privacy@news.cc.ukans.edu... > > >
> > > > I set aside a cup of
> > > > warm water, into which I have dissolved a tablespoon or two of sugar
> > > > and a pinch of yeast nutrient, and to that I introduce my yeast. > > >
> > > I was under the impression that culturing yeast in a glucose environment
> > was
> > > bad.
> >
> > An old wife's tale.
> > Converting glucose and fructose into alcohol is a multi-step, enzyme
> > assisted process, and yeast produce all of the enzymes needed. Yeast also
> > produce the enzyme needed to spit ordinary table sugar (sucrose) into
> > glucose and fructose.
>
> Interesting malapropism there, Lum: "spit", as opposed to "split". >
> I'm sure you meant to write "split", but the truth is that _spit_ contains
> salivary amylase, which will _split_ sucrose into fructose and glucose. >
> But I'll bet you already knew that. ;^)
>
> Tom S
God. I wish I could type and spell. lum