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Can't find yeast?
For anyone whose store is short on yeast lately.
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot to put that
2 tablespoons of this = 1 tablespoon of regular yeast.
Apr 12, 2020 9:56 PM
AgentKGB
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For anyone whose store is short on yeast lately.
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot to put that
2 tablespoons of this = 1 tablespoon of regular yeast.
RipOffTheBandAid
Now what?
pinkcnc
all that just to make hand sanitizer!?
iwishihadchickens
I just made mine with flour and water nothing else
crumnuts
This seems racist
CrazyLizardLady86
Too bad it's hard to get flour here...
OhayouSekaiGoodMorningWorld
I'm attempting a sourdough yeast starter.
nzconcon
You can use it to make rewana bread.
dogestyle
Sweet, but I can't find flour in shops
Hexo231
I thought that was a Saudi for a millisecond
ThatCanadianViking
Im not alone. Thank you lol
Saxxon92
Absolutely haram
dunchermit5772
A middle-"yeast"ern.
Hexo231
Lol!
DrKriegersClone
Ok but when does the potato and the yeast yield vodka?
ShootAdamSandlerIntoSpace
THIS is the important question
imherenowitsok
Is there a difference between smells like yeast and is yeast?
Skipadedodah
Neighbor ordered 30 packets online. All she could find. They were 1 pound packages. I have a pound of yeast. Enough for 150 loaves
SteveJimJamTheFlimFlamMan
All you really need is flour and water.
BrewmasterDan
You don't need the potato water at all
SecondPancake3
You really only need the flour and water to do this. Takes a few days but once it gets going it's great to have on hand.
SCP01189998819991197253
I keep getting recommended articles for baking bread without yeast. My problem is no flour at the stores. I think Google is mocking me.
MyBallsSpellAmazingInBraille
Ok, but then what? How do you make bread with this?
whiterabbit99
Can this be used for alcohol?
RobGrogNerd
cutoff the oxygen supply, the byproduct is alcohol. look at homebrew supply stores for airlocks.
horsethanwitler
so - for the sake of measurement, how does it work?
planetinline
Lawrenceast of Arabia.
Blacktusk
I just don't need yeast this badly.
Mirawatts
I have literally never made any food from scratch, and I'd honestly like to keep it that way.
BearBombs
I am so confused
Brunoemf90
EvilDeadTed
The Boyle family yeast!
Brunoemf90
The Motherdough!
ajchafe
Interesting. I would like to see a comparison between this and regular sourdough starter. Also, how do you use this in a recipe?
spiritussancto
any wild yeast breads are loosely measured. use this in place of your liquid and yeast. if making a big batch feed your starter without 1/2
spiritussancto
pouring any off so you're just bulking it up the day before. well fed, older starter works much better
Moriarty
For regular sourdough, it's just water and flour, with much the same effect. It typically takes a few days to a week to really see results.
ajchafe
Oh yeah, I just mean could I replace my sourdough starter with this. It is probably similar.
howdoiscience
The potato water contains starch that will feed the bacteria in the starter culture, I think. The boiling will kill the yeast present on
howdoiscience
the potato as far as I can guess. I would personally soak dried fruit overnight and use the water from that to get yeast from the fruit skin
ajchafe
Yeah. All three ways work. I would just stick to water and flour.
TearsAreGoodLube
Potato bread?
ajchafe
Potato bread has about 1/3rd of the flour replaced by potato (flakes or mashed). Not really the same. This might taste interesting though.
ThePlotSickens
In New Zealand we call it rewana bread or Maori bread it’s tasty as fuck
mrose50
Potato bread is non-leavening. Its just a flatbread made of potato flour. Source: In Nor'ern Irish I would happily murder for decent farls.
mrose50
Still +1 for you knowing potato bread exists though. I live in England now and its a land of uncultured swine who've never heard of it.
Ferrous
Flour contains lots of bacterial species. Sourdough starter is just one or two that has become dominant by long aging at low pH.
Ferrous
This is very nutrient rich and just makes everything in the flour grow like crazy without any selection for particular species.
fredthebadger
It sounds like sourdough is made from the species that is most optimized for killing off other types.
pontiffsullyDONE
I mean, I suppose that would work as well. I’ve just been using flour and water and it works just fine, but the starch would help, I guess
GreatScatt
I didn't know this was a thing, helpful since i cant eat flour
ajchafe
I would like to see a comparison between this and regular starter. Probably not much different except just flour is easier.
thomasmclake
Could you make booze with this?
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slendfung
Yes. But people die from it in prison every year because of the botulin spores present in root vegetables like potatoes
RobGrogNerd
if you cutoff the oxygen supply, the byproduct is alcohol. look at homebrew supply stores for airlocks.
unknownmale
it wont work if you maintain a high standard of kitchen hygiene... what happens is that spores germinate in the sugar/starch combination 1/2
aCartoonMonster
Unless you are sterilizing the air and wearing a hazmat suit you can make a starter. That yeast is everywhere.
DoesItLookLikeIGiveAFuck2756
Natural yeast is literally in flour. This was how almost all bread was made before commercialized yeast.
historyboeuf
Yeah that's not how it works. The yeast and bacteria eat the starch and sugar to populate. The yeast and bacteria are on the flour.
unknownmale
ingesting the wrong type of spores could cause quite the stomach ache or worse since toxins aren't removed by heating the dough 2/2
Hanska01
I assume they cook the dough before the eat it?
Arenlor
Not for long enough to denature the proteins that make the toxins.
satsukeshi
The yeast and beneficial bacteria usually drive out all the bad bacteria and fungi. Rarely will it go bad on ya, provided you care for it.
hamburgerous
Why doesn't the yeast get killed by the heat from boiling?
MonFabuleuxDestin
it does ... takes time ... just enough time 4 the yeast to „eat“ all sugar & „fart“ into the dough to rise it up ... than the yeast dies
ajchafe
The yeast would be in the flour. The potato part is just the food.
swanglemydangle
Yeast is in the air.
ajchafe
Well. Yeah. It's everywhere right?
swanglemydangle
Unless it's self rising flour, it won't contain yeast.
ajchafe
Self rising flour contains baking powder and salt, not yeast. But wild yeast would be growing on the surface of the flour particles.
XOccamsChainsawX
Just remember this is active and alive. You need to keep it fed or it will die.
Corrodias
I'm surprised that it's still alive after being boiled. Just what temperatures can this yeast survive?
donkeyshorts
namAehT
You can also add a bit of store yeast if you have some to speed it up. Sugar, water, flour, throw it in the fridge and feed every few days.
FatherTheta
And you know it's dying if it starts smelling like vomit or alcohol
komododave
Just like grandma.
ohmygodtheysaidnewzealand
It’s a popular method of baking traditional Maori bread in New Zealand, Rewana bread.
komododave
belikemike
Like small children? Asking for a friend.
decorativemooseknuckle
Also brewing supply stores have yeast and malt syrup to feed said yeast
akspartankiiier
So it’s like a shitty tomagatchi?
anotherdickat
it's a bread making tomagatchi, and it smells pretty good, but ya.
Hanska01
Yup
DVsloth
So as a newbie what do I feed it? Is it more sugar or something else?
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Shitty? I've never had a tonagatchi make me bread...
g011um
Ya, those fuckers are all just take, take, take
TheSecondPiewackit
Yeast is superior to tammy's goochi. It makes alcohol.
Jhook12
since when was tomagatchi delicious??
CaptainMeowingtons
So... what do you feed it? I have cat food but what if it prefers something finer?
xMandeRx
Fancy Feast for fancy yeast
HollyRex
Brilliant!
apolloscrewedmeover
Perfect!
deathclamfive
What do you feed it?
SamBamZombie
Instead of sugar you can always throw in a blueberry or two, makes for a very interesting starter :)
paladindansesgirlfriend
Trying to kill us? What does it make?!
onlyhalfghost
little bit of sugar and flour
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
juat flour is fine
npralle
More flour every few days.
nero4ty2
Flour
Falkorburnstoo
Potatoes
Rhythem
If its like a normal sourdough yeast you would feed it equal part water and flour and stir If there is amber color liquid on top it's hungry
barnwolf
Don't feed it meat, or it might develop an appetite for all types of meat!
Mirilali
We don't need - another - Audrey.
thingifound
50g water 50g flour of choice 5g sugar.
Kronzor
Breast milk if you can. That will help you form the best bond with it. If you can’t produce, then formula works too.
umnotme
plusonefororegonians
belikemike
If you don't have any fresh love, store bought is fine.
taciturnpachyderm
Look for it in the breast milk aisle
shinyRK9
The souls of the innocent!
NoeCarrier
Helpless duck chicks are its favourite, but any small, helpless mammal or bird will do. Feeder mice are usually okay. A hamster at Xmas.
NoeCarrier
Some people say rats, but they're much too big in my opinion. Only commercial bakeries really need to feed rats to their cultures.
NoeCarrier
I know that live feeding animals is distasteful, but it comes with the territory. The yeast just will not eat dead things. It is a predator.
NoeCarrier
If you remember your biology, yeasts are actually apex predators on their home planet, and while they've adapted to terragen life very well