Raw Potato Yeast

Ingredients

• 1 c. flour
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 tb. salt
• 1 c. liquid yeast
• 3 raw potatoes
• 1 to 2 qts. boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Pare potatoes and keep in cold water.

2. 2

   Mix flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl, and grate the potato in as quickly as possible.

3. 3

   Mix at once with wooden spoon.

4. 4

   Pour the boiling water directly from the teakettle, stirring constantly and adding enough water to make the mixture the consistency of thin starch.

5. 5

   If it does not thicken, bring the mixture to the boiling point.

6. 6

   Strain, and let cool.

7. 7

   When lukewarm, add yeast; if compressed, dissolve in 1 c. water.

8. 8

   Keep mixture in warm (not hot) place till light.

9. 9

   Beat well several times.

10. 10

    At the end of 24 hours, put in earthen or glass jars, cover tightly, and put in a cool place.

11. 11

    This will keep two weeks.

12. 12

    Save the last cupful to start fresh yeast.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A textbook of domestic science for high schools (1913) by Matilda G. Campbell, page 60. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Raw Potato Yeast i c. flour 1 to 2 qts. boiling water I c. sugar 1 cake compressed yeast 1 tb. salt or 1 c. liquid yeast 3 raw potatoes

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