Yeast Activity

[Inishta]

Re: Yeast Activity

Buy it in one pound, vacuum sealed bricks (MUCH) cheaper. Once opened, transfer to an airtight container and store in the freezer. It'll be good for a year treated this way.

Jim

Hi CJ.......................does the yeast need to be portioned before putting in the freezer or just go in as is?

[Acoma]

Re: Yeast Activity

Good idea Chef. Sams Club? Never would have thought of that myself? Dr. Jim, how have you been able to get active yeast regenerated for so long? We are talking generational yeast here, right?

[asudavew]

Re: Yeast Activity

Hit Sam's club.

I usually buy two big bricks there for about 4 bucks.

I leave one in the original package and the second one in a Ziploc.
I store both in the freezer.

My last purchase lasted over a year.


BTW - You can always add just a small pinch of sugar to the water.
That will let you know pretty quick whether your yeast is good or not.

have fun

dave

[RCLake]

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I knew I would get great advise by asking the experts here, now I need to go shopping for a one pound brick of active yeast here in Corsicana. Yah likely. Next trip to Dallas I'll pick it up with my Kaowool insulation. Thanks

[CanuckJim]

Re: Yeast Activity

RC,

Do yourself a favor: toss the yeast you have and buy fresh. Bread machine yeast is not what you want. Use either active dry yeast (ADY) or instant dry yeast (IDY). Buy is in one pound, vacuum sealed bricks (MUCH) cheaper. Once opened, transfer to an airtight container and store in the freezer. It'll be good for a year treated this way.

Jim

[gjbingham]

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Yes, yeast goes bad after a time. I don't remember the numbers - something like 6 months or so (??), but the number of viable cells decreases over time.

[RCLake]

I started my floor today and thought I'd try a pizza, although in an oven. I'm using the FB dough recipe and am using a tipo OO flour by Milino, but not caputo. I'm not sure what the difference is.
After weighing out the water (at 100 degrees) I added the yeast. It was from a jar of Fleischmann's Bread Machine yeast - hightly active. It didn't seem to bubble as I expected. So I tried a bag of dry yeast to another batch of water and at least that bubbled some.
Could the yeast have gone bad or am I expecting to much.
I think I'll have more success at building a WFO than I will at cooking, but I'm going to try