Potato Yeast

Ingredients

• One quart of potatoes
• two quarte and a half of warm water
• a small bag of hops
• three heaping iron tablespoons of flour
• one cup of white sugar
• one iron tablespoon of salt
• one teaspoon of ginger

Method

1. 1

   Boil potatoes until soft.

2. 2

   Place flour in a colander and pour boiling potatoes and water over it.

3. 3

   Mash through the colander, then add sugar, salt, and ginger.

4. 4

   Let cool until tepid and add dissolved yeast.

5. 5

   Set to rise in a warm place.

6. 6

   When very light, bottle.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with .. (1902) by Lida Seely, page 198. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Yeast One quart of potatoes èliced^ two quarte and a half of warm water, a small bag of hops tied in a cloth. Boil slowly until the potatoes are soft. Place in à colander three heaping iron table- spoons of flour and over it pour the potatoes and water boiling hot. Mash this through the colander, stndn, and mash again through the colander to avoid lumps. Pour this into a pan or crock and add to it one cup of white sugar, one iron tablespoon of salt, and one teaspoon of ginger

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