Barm
Barm noun - A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.
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Scum and barm are semantically related. in lather topic. In some cases you can use "Scum" instead a noun "Barm".
Scum
Scum noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.
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The bakers in turn would use it to leaven their bread: the scum, called "barm", was easier to handle and produced what many believed was a better-tasting product than the earlier method (making sourdough with a starter that had to be constantly maintained).
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