Re: Gonnah try making bread...
[Re: Nessmuck]
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Looks like we have a Band of Bread Bakers ! Come on Les....get in on the Pahdy ..and show us your Loaf !!
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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Heading to the store tomorrow to buy some more flour and yeast. Wife and I are talking about trying some hard rolls.
Moosetrot Wish you luck finding that stuff.....no flour to be found up here Moosy ...
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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Finished a loaf late last nite. Let it cool over night till morning breakfast. Wife and I ate a generous slice each. She likes the heel best on fresh bread as do I . Of course she got the heel. This is supposed to be around a 2 # loaf. I think it is around 3-1/2#. You eat a good slice of this and you got yourself a good meal almost by itself. Smear a heavy layer of butter and a good smear of your favorite jam on it and it can't be beat. Got some fresh beaver tail oil working by the stove for some dipping sauce for later. You do realize that bread has a heal on BOTH ends.
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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Went to the store and found plenty of flour but the Yeast shelves were totally bare! Anybody know how long yeast stays viable/usable after its expiration date? We have a few packets we found up in the cupboard.
Moosetrot Put it in a little warm water with a little sugar and see if forms bubbles. If it does it'll work in your bread. If not its junk. That's how most yeast bread recipes start anyway.
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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Went to the store and found plenty of flour but the Yeast shelves were totally bare! Anybody know how long yeast stays viable/usable after its expiration date? We have a few packets we found up in the cupboard.
Moosetrot Hey Moosy......you get in a bind.....send me a PM and I’ll hook you up. When I grabbed a hand full last week...i had no idea how much yeast you had to put into bread.My recipe only took 1/4 teaspoon...lol...
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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After reading this thread and showing it to the wife, we decided we would try our hand at making bread. After a couple hours in town there is not a pack or jar of yeast in this whole town for sale. Wiped clean. Had to call my mom and get her to loan me a tablespoon from her cache....which she had in her purse while she was in town at my sisters. The wife finally found some online...had to order 3lbs of it, only stuff available. One place went out of stock WHILE she was looking at them. So now we can try to make bread tonight. WIfe said she is gonna take her order of yeast and put it in sandwich baggies and sell it on the corner.
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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03/26/20 09:12 PM
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Thanks for the offer Nessie but I think we'll be okay. I checked our "old" stock and we have 6 from August of 2019. Will grab a handful next time I build up my courage to go to the store. I wore a mask today. Amazing the space people give you when you wear a mask.
Let's keep this thread going! This is fun!
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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Went to the store and found plenty of flour but the Yeast shelves were totally bare! Anybody know how long yeast stays viable/usable after its expiration date? We have a few packets we found up in the cupboard.
Moosetrot boil a quart of water with a cup sugar and put it in a jar with a lid, when it cools to under 115 degrees put some of the old yeast you have in the jar replace the lid with plastic wrap , it should activate some of that yeast and since there is nothing to compete with it it should be bulging that plastic wrap in an hour or two at room temp. you are making a culture of activated yeast as it feeds it multiplies now all you need is to keep adding sugar water and when it foams place fridge with the lid on to slow the growth. this is a way to super-charge yeast and keep going on the same small sample you need to use about half of it each day and feed it again
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Re: Gonnah try making bread...
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Looks amazing Moosetrot !!! It must have cooled down by now.....or your in a fresh bread coma .......
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