Replicating Baker's Yeast

[kogase]

Three packs of Fleischman's yeast costs about $2.50 here, and that seems like a ripoff. It seem like even more of a ripoff when Fleischman's is just giving little organisms a bit of sugar and letting them replicate themselves. Does anyone know if one can simply take a bit of yeast from one of the packets, dissolve it in water and feed it some sugar, and then dry it out in a few hours and be left with considerably more yeast?

 

[notfred]

heh, you could buy the finished bread for barely more than that. Is it cheaper if you buy in bulk?

 

[FoBoT]

bulk? did someone say "bulk"?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: notfred
heh, you could buy the finished bread for barely more than that. Is it cheaper if you buy in bulk?

yeah, you can buy yeast in bulk and store it in the fridge. lasts a long time. my father did that back when his hobby was baking bread

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
bulk? did someone say "bulk"?

I wonder if you can buy like a cube of yeast?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: notfred
heh, you could buy the finished bread for barely more than that. Is it cheaper if you buy in bulk?

If you've signed up with a wholesale club it is. I've been using preferment techniques that allow you to use significantly less yeast per loaf (I measure out about a quarter of a gram for an 800 gram loaf), but it is still expensive.

 

[OutHouse]

1. get Q-tip

2. find skanky hooker

3. swab skanky hookers p*ssy with Q-Tip

4. cultivate aquired yeast found on Q-tip from said skanky hooker

5. Profit.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: FoBoT
bulk? did someone say "bulk"?

I wonder if you can buy like a cube of yeast?

or a large chunk of yeast shaped like a transmission or radiator

how much do you need OP? say, 10 pounds?

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Citrix
1. get Q-tip

2. find skanky hooker

3. swab skanky hookers p*ssy with Q-Tip

4. cultivate aquired yeast found on Q-tip from said skanky hooker

5. Profit.

Cheesy garlic bread. mmmmmm

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: Citrix
1. get Q-tip

2. find skanky hooker

3. swab skanky hookers p*ssy with Q-Tip

4. cultivate aquired yeast found on Q-tip from said skanky hooker

5. Profit.

Heh, I was asking my dad the other day if I could do that. Usually you can't just take yeast from a very specific environment like that and use it to raise bread. Modern baker's yeast has been cultivated from sourdough cultures, which contain yeast strains particularly suited to feeding on wheat.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: FoBoT
bulk? did someone say "bulk"?

I wonder if you can buy like a cube of yeast?

or a large chunk of yeast shaped like a transmission or radiator

how much do you need OP? say, 10 pounds?

That depends on how long it really lasts. I'd like to buy as much as possible without being in danger of it going "bad" (dying).

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: FoBoT
bulk? did someone say "bulk"?

I wonder if you can buy like a cube of yeast?

or a large chunk of yeast shaped like a transmission or radiator

how much do you need OP? say, 10 pounds?

10 lbs, about the size of an alternator.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Citrix
1. get Q-tip

2. find skanky hooker

3. swab skanky hookers p*ssy with Q-Tip

4. cultivate aquired yeast found on Q-tip from said skanky hooker

5. Profit.

Cheesy garlic bread. mmmmmm

ummmm fishy bread with a hint of Trojan.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: FoBoT
bulk? did someone say "bulk"?

I wonder if you can buy like a cube of yeast?

or a large chunk of yeast shaped like a transmission or radiator

how much do you need OP? say, 10 pounds?

That depends on how long it really lasts. I'd like to buy as much as possible without being in danger of it going "bad" (dying).

lasts for ages. it'll have an expiration date on it, but that is only there to make you throw out and buy more.

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: FoBoT
bulk? did someone say "bulk"?

I wonder if you can buy like a cube of yeast?

:laugh:

 

[kogase]

Wow, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000C...UTF8&n=3580501&s=gourmet-food&v=glance.

The three-packs of yeast in the store are 3/4 oz. for 2.50, and this is 2 lb. for 5.54. That's a savings of... many cents! I'm still interested in my original question though.