"Calling" yeast
Okay, I've seen this mentioned in several places, most recently in Otter's bread thread. How does one go about finding yeast in the wild? For modern bakers, it's supermarket - but if you don't have a...
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Sourdough: take any fruit which has a bloom on its skin, this is yeast. Roll it around in your flour; add water, let sit for a day or two. This is your wort. Feed it with flour & water, every...
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Here is a wonderful blog ... the lady is ... "PLAYING WITH HOME-MADE YEAST AND DOUGH. YEAST FREE BREAD BAKING. ENJOYING BAKING WITH NO COMMERCIAL YEAST. CULTIVATING NATURAL YEAST FROM FRESH FRUITS,...
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thank u very much.i made sourdough from the little critters in the air.it worked if i remember right.and the price of store bought yeast has really gone up.this is great stuff to know.thank u.
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Good info on the wild yeast. But to add: the white coating on fruits like grapes, plums, persimmons etc is yeast. You can wipe it off with you finger. That's it. I've seen it on supermarked plums too.
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Unpasteurized apple cider, if you can find it, will go hard on its own in a few days from the wild yeasts present on the apple skin. Keep out the oxygen and it will make all alcohol; otherwise it...
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There's another source of yeast that people seem to be overlooking. Umm... I suppose the best way to put it would be that 50% of humans have a very "natural" source of yeast. If anyone tries...
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Cuddles McKitten wrote:There's another source of yeast that people seem to be overlooking. Umm... I suppose the best way to put it would be that 50% of humans have a very "natural" source of yeast. If...
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The book "Wild Fermentation" By Sandor Katz is an excellent resource, too. He makes all sorts of fermented foods and he particularly enjoys capturing wild yeast to do it. Dan
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I like to keep a working sourdough around. boil a couple of potatoes. remove potatoes and let the water cool. make sure you've got a couple of cups of liquid even if you have to add a little. when...
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Interested in sharing the procedure for making your sourdough bread? Especially if it's "a very sour sourdough".
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sorry to take so long to get back...it's nuts here. It's not hard to make the bread. I take a cup of the starter, add a half cup of flour and let it rise a bit (make a sponge), then I add two eggs,...
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as I think on it, one of the things you can do with that half cup that you're supposed to throw away every time you feed your starter is dry it. spread it thinly on a sturdy plate, cover with...
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Thanks for the details! "Unbelievably delicious carrot cake"?? Hmmm. If you weren't going nuts there's be a follow-up request.
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Why on earth would you throw away starter every time? This is one of those things I've read in several places and never has any rational reason been given. Do you really believe that our ancestors...
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Sourdough take any fruit which has a bloom on its skin, this is yeast. Roll it around in your flour; add water, let sit for a day or two. This is your wort. Feed it with flour & water, every...
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Hi I see you guys are trying to fined the a way on this one but seams some of u did. One way that I have found to collect yeast is to get the skin of fruit and throw it in a jar with water and a...
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Thank you Native Archer ill give that one a try. Have you dune this with store fruit? Welcome to PP
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