Go for it, Soo! Stabbity stabbity sting - and now wash yer rear end.
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Wonderful, Soo
Thank-you
Have had an Amami night & just washed me brushes & combs
Carinthia.xx
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But, but, but - itâs not FridayâŚ
Confused of sarf Lunnon
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Snorkity Snork, Gus!
Now then, Darlings
I have just picked up a handy tip from Austria about how to make oneâs own yeast, which, as the bread-bakers will know, is in very short supply. It comes from a properly identifiable source.
I will post it if I may
Carinthia.xx
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Please do: I may yet need it.
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Do please dear chatelaine
We need fresh yeast
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You donât need âfreshâ yeast, Twellsy: the dried works perfectly well. But yeast of some kind, that IS a need.
Canât see me getting any bread flour for the foreseeable, so I shall be parsimonious with what I have and only use self-raising for my, ahem, Experiments. Wanna make a fireball!
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< suspicious > This doesnât involve âfirst ferment yer Styrian peasantâ, does it? Not terribly practical at the moment - one has the divil of a job catching the buggers and as for importâŚ
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So, Darlings
2 Medium-sized freshly boiled & grated/riced potatoes. The Austrians boil them in their skins, so include that
1 heaped tsp sugar
1generous tsp (!)of âlight beerâ as in Hellesbier, which we would call Lager. I donât suppose that the colour of the Beer matters much. In Austria this is around the 5, 5.2%
Mix together thoroughly to make a Paste
Place in a clean warm jar & seal well
Leave in a warm place (kitchen ?) for 3-4 days
This will make enuff yeast to raise 2 x 500g loaves.
Please bear in mind that it will be a lot denser than an Sliced White , but Good Bread
It comes from an renowned Baker
Carinthia.xx
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Thank you, Darling.
G xx
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Youâre welcome, Darling.
Bread shops/Bakeries are open every day, in Austria, but yeast is often the problem for home bakers.
My NDN on the Campsite was given a bitovvan Sourdough Starter which had been going for 18 months, so she is still baking
Carinthia.xx
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I cannot believe that the dry yeast supply lline wonât get back to normal fairly quickly. Even if loads of people who do not normally bake their own bread have been buying it, the small tins last for really quite a while. And since half of the panic new bakers wonât like their own results and will be discovering that ânormalâ bread is still to be had, then they wonât keep ON buying it by the bucketful. Fresh yeast I can see might be more of a logistical problem to secure if one cannot go out and about.
Much the same, imo. should apply to bread flour. Although those who find their efforts are much nicer than their normal bread will continue to stretch supplies for a bit longer, I suppose.
This is just me burbling and I can cite no official sources.
But I bet there have been some truly horrible loaves produced. I still remember the first time I tried it. A grey and gluey core. Most unpleasant. I did have the excuse of youth, being I believe 12 at the time, but even so. The dear Dad ate some and pretended really hard that it had some merit. Which was A & B the C of D, I feel.
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Gawds
I once made my Dad a cup of instant coffee from the hot tap, because I knew that I easnât allowed to use the kettle
My mother made him drink itâŚ
Ahem
Carinthia.xx
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Had he recently provoked the wumman?
No, thatâs a sweet thing (and what a responsible dot you were).
Gxx
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He never Bluddy stopped provoking the wummanâŚ
Carinthia.xx
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Someone appears to have been mucking around with the fabric of Time and quite possibly Space as well.
This is therefore by way of a safety check.
yardaaaarm!
Phew. Allâs well: they didnât bend it. As you were.
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zzz snerk whuzzat yardarm ok good back to sleep
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Wafts the smell of fresh bread and bacon sizzling towards a nest
Adds in the smell of puddings crisp on the outside and soft in the middle
Waits for a sparrer to tseep hopefullyâŚ
Serves everyone else and adds in the Bullâs scrambled eggs cooked to order
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Sneeze Central here, but itâs hay fever
I have just evicted another bumblebee
Sigh
Carinthia.xx
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Youâll have your Epipen, Dear? Some of my rellies can be uncouth, after all. No - really.
The weather izz a bit horrible - cold, hail, sleet etc. Being marooned in the hive will be easy, today. Iâm making a dansak sauce with the older veggies.
DiL hazza chest infection and awaits a call from 111âŚ
Friendâs son hazzit.
Soo xx
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