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Default What yeast is this ?

On 19-Jul-16 19:12, Shadow wrote:
>
> 600 ml lukewarm water
> 70 g white flour
> 70 g common sugar
> 10 g salt
>
> Put them in a plastic basin, in that order, don't mix. Cover
> with a cloth.
> After 24 hrs, mix gently 2x a day.
>
> After 5 days, there is a lot of activity.
>
> Take 200 g of the mixture above, put it in a loosely covered
> jar (I used a 1 liter plastic coke bottle with a loose plastic top)
> and add
> 400 g warm water
> 70 g white flour
> 70 g sugar
> 5 g salt
>
> Mix well.
> The next day it's fermenting so fast you can make bread with
> it, as long as you add a generous amount of sugar to the recipe.
> It smells yeasty, sweetish, and slightly alcoholic, but not
> sour.
> Anyone have any idea what the biological agents are ?
> TIA
> []'s
>

Wow! Not at all sure. Never heard of a scheme like that. If you've
made it, how's it doing?

Dusty
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