The Sweet Story Behind the Viral Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter Believed to Date Back to 1847
Carl Griffith, great-grandson of an 1847 Oregon Trail settler, shared a sourdough starter with bakers by mail for decades. After his death in 2000, volunteers formed a society to continue sending dried samples. A 2024 TikTok post brought over 1,000 weekly requests, forcing the group to stop accepting new ones.
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