"Frogleg" <frogleg@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:41:11 GMT, "Bill Bell" <wbell1@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tip. Now I'm wondering how I can recycle this yeast
> for breadmaking. I haven't made bread in a while, and was startled to
> see the price of a little 3-envelope strip in the grocery store.
> Almost cheaper to buy bread! Seems like it'd be pretty easy to make a
> bread starter with what's in the bottom of the bottles. Is there an
> FAQ for the group that includes info in saving yeast? Or a thread I
> might pursue with Google groups? I can see it now: 'Frogleg's Famous
> Sima Sourdough.' But it the yeast can be dried/jarred/saved somehow,
> that would be good, too. No point in buying what you can grow
> yourself. :-)[/color]

I'm certain there are bread-making related newsgroups out there. I'm a
baker myself (that is to say, I own and use a bread-machine) and buy my
bread yeast in little jars. I would think you could certainly add some
sludge from one of your bottles to your bread dough, so long as there was
enough yeast in it to make it rise properly. And sourdough makers have a
long tradition of saving part of their dough to use as a starter for the
next batch. "Friendship cakes" too.

Bill