"Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
news:20050303113250.467764a1@wafer...
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:12:29 GMT
> "Vox Humana" > wrote:
>
> > Marketplace. I prefer to get SAF in the one pound package from GFS. It
> > takes me about 9 months to use a pound, and it is always fresh as
opposed
> > to buying a two pound pack or two one-pound packs that have been wrapped
> > as one item.
>
>
> Said it before, but saying it again in case anyone is wary of that one
> pound package of SAF Instant: It can last a very long time past it's pull
> date.
>
> I don't bake yeasted doughs as often as I'd like to, so i have it
around
> for a long, long time. In 2002 one of my sisters gave me an unopened 1
> pound package of SAF Instant that expired in 2001. It went straight into
an
> airtight glass container in the freezer. It's 2005 now and I'm down to the
> last 4 ounces or so, and it's still working just fine.

For me, getting the one pound package at GFS is a no-brainer since the price
per pound is the same. That way I don't have to deal with two pounds of
yeast at a time.