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Default fresh yeast source?

"Fred" > wrote in message >...
> The local supermarkets have all stopped carrying fresh yeast. Any ideas on
> where to get consumer quantities of it by mail order? Or does anybody have
> a foolproof conversion from fresh to dry yeast by weight? My formulas all
> call for fresh yeast.
>
> Fred
> The Good Gourmet
> http://www.thegoodgourmet.com


People I know who use fresh yeast can buy it in one pound blocks from
a local bakery. The bakeries are happy to sell it to them for about
$2.00 a pound. So, check with one of your local bakeris. Bakers are
ahppy to help other bakers if you are nice to them. Good luck.
 
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