So
true. If you read the bible you will find that during the Passover the
Jewish people ate only "unleavened bread" which if you've ever had it
is a bread that doesn't rise and is more like hard tack. If ANY store
tells you they are making sourdough bread without yeast they are
liars.
The
sourdough bread was made from the resulting culture and then a small portion of
the raw dough was always saved as a starter for the next batch of bread - by
either the 49ers, or the bakers.