What do you know about yeast?!
I understand that yeast is basically a dormant culture whcih comes alive when used for cooking or distilling, but where does yeast originate!. Don't say the grocery store!. Where in the wild!.!.!.or whatever is yeast found or producedWww@FoodAQ@Com
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Yeast is a natural fungus found most everywhere in the air we breathe all over the world!. The few places that can not sustain yeast are in very dry arid areas like death valley or the dry very hot deserts of some middle eastern countries!. Yeast must have some moisture to survive and be active!. In the wild yeast is active, not dormant!. It needs a lot of yeast to gather in one area with the food source to make it happy and active where we can see it!. (sourdough starters) each place has its own little own variation that can not be duplicated any where else in the world, the most famous being San Francisco!. There are some yeasts specific to grapes and potatoes also but, these are not the same yeasts that make good quality bread!. Brewing yeast used to make beer and wine can be used for some breads but are very difficult to keep active and alive as they are very sensitive to certain changes and are fragile when it comes to bread handling!. Yeast, although related to mold is from the same family as mold but is a completely organisim!.
All of my sourdough starters (6 in my home, 4 in the mail to me) come from all over the world and all have different characteristics!. They all come from leaving a flour and water mixture out in a shady area to collect the natural yeast floating in the air!. the yeast and starter are then slowly dried out to make the yeast dormant!. it is sent to me and i reactivate it by rehydrating and adding more flour and water!. yeas is all over on fruits and vegetables, in soil, in the air its all over!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
All of my sourdough starters (6 in my home, 4 in the mail to me) come from all over the world and all have different characteristics!. They all come from leaving a flour and water mixture out in a shady area to collect the natural yeast floating in the air!. the yeast and starter are then slowly dried out to make the yeast dormant!. it is sent to me and i reactivate it by rehydrating and adding more flour and water!. yeas is all over on fruits and vegetables, in soil, in the air its all over!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Like another poster said, yeast is a little critter (fungus) that lives everywhere!. In particularly old bakeries in Europe, you might not even have to add yeast to your dough, because there is enough "wild" yeast around that the bread rises anyway!.
Yeast eats sugar (that's why nearly all bread recipes will call for sugar or honey), and it produces gas and alcohol!. (Thats what you smell when bread bakes)!. These by-products form bubbles in the dough, causing it to rise!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yeast eats sugar (that's why nearly all bread recipes will call for sugar or honey), and it produces gas and alcohol!. (Thats what you smell when bread bakes)!. These by-products form bubbles in the dough, causing it to rise!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yeast is everywhere!. They are in the air , but I believe they are found mostly on fruits!. If you want to make a sourdough starter, you just leave some dough on the kitchen for a while and yeast will eventually find it as well as lactobacillus!. That's how our ancestors use to make bread!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
thats an excellent question!.!.my friend did a science project on yeast and about making the bread rise!.!.she just said it was some type of fungus but that something about the molecules made it be able to make things rise up and get bigger!.soory thats all i knowWww@FoodAQ@Com
yeast is a species of microorganism in the Fungi kingdom- to put it simplyWww@FoodAQ@Com
I know that you aren't supposed to have it during Passover!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yeast is fungusWww@FoodAQ@Com