Yeast

Ingredients

• 2 quarts of water
• 1 teacupful of hops
• 1| tablespoonful of flour
• 1^ tablespoonful of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Boil hops in water for one hour, strain, then add sugar and flour when warm.

2. 2

   Bottle and cork well; it will be ready for use in 24 hours in hot weather.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Choice cookery (1888) by H. M. Young, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

yeast, let it stand 30 hours, and then strain ; bottle it and cork tightly. The next day it will be ready for use. No. 220. APRICOT EFFERVESCING DRINK. Bruise sufficient apricots to make one pint of juice, pass through a flannel bag to clear, boil until a syrup with half a pound of sugar, add one ounce tartaric acid ; bottle, and cork well. For a tumbler three-parts full of water add two tablespoonfuls of the above syrup and a little arbonate of soda, stir, and drink while effervescing. 127 No. 221. MOCK PRESERVED GINGER, Boil some small carrots until tender, then take out the hearts, allow these to stand in cold water for several days until they have lost their vegetable flavour, changing the water each day ; then add to each pound of prepared carrots 1 quart of water and 2 lbs. loaf sugar, 2 oz. of whole ginger, and the rind of a lemon thinly cut ; boil 15 minutes each day until it begins to set, and the last day add a cayenne essence; put in jars, and cover with parchment. No. 222. MARMALADE. Take about 12 Seville and two sweet oranges, divide into quarters, take out the seeds and cover with water, allow them to stand all night ; also cut the pulp into fine strips, put into a deep dish, and add 3 pints of water to each pound of fruit; let it stand 24 hours, then boil till tender (about J of an hour) ; let it stand all night, then weigh, and allow 1£ lbs. of sugar to each pound, add the syrup from pips, and boil all together f of an hour, or until the juice is well set ; put into jars, and cover with parchment. The juice of 2 lemons to about 12 oranges is an improvement. 128 No. 223. YEAST. 2 quarts of water I 1 teacupful of hops tablespoonfuls of flour | 1^ tablespoonful of sugar

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.