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Cooking & Baking

sir pball

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18. The SAF is way better than the Fleischmann's

Reply to eleny (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 11:55 PM

Apr 2020

In the kitchens at work we usually use fresh yeast but that's a bit finicky; the only dried yeast I've used in the last 15 years is the SAF Red. Had the current home batch in the freezer for four years now and it still works fine.

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Look what I found, all alone on a shelf, today. Maybe I should sell it on Ebay. [View all] sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 OP

A use by date? irisblue Apr 2020 #1

March 08, 2022! sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #3

Score! redwitch Apr 2020 #2

Have Platinum card, will travel for yeast. nt procon Apr 2020 #4

Yesterday I found the same yeast marigold20 Apr 2020 #5

Bread machine yeast is basically instant yeast Major Nikon Apr 2020 #8

all the recipes that came w/ my bread machine MissMillie Apr 2020 #10

You can use most any kind of yeast with a bread machine Major Nikon Apr 2020 #12

the instruction that came w/ my machine MissMillie Apr 2020 #13

It has a proofing cycle Major Nikon Apr 2020 #14

make sourdough, no yeast required nt msongs Apr 2020 #6

Just time and patience Retrograde Apr 2020 #16

I've got two jars & several pkgs of the Fleischmann's + one pkg of this I purchased in January eleny Apr 2020 #7

The SAF is way better than the Fleischmann's sir pball Apr 2020 #18

I read that it really does last for years in the freezer eleny Apr 2020 #19

I've heard it's freezer life is essentially infinite sir pball Apr 2020 #21

"Maybe I'll stick a little bag away and see what it's like in ten years..." eleny Apr 2020 #22

Remind me and I'll get back to you in 2030! sir pball Apr 2020 #23

Oddly enough I haven't had a hard time finding it MissMillie Apr 2020 #9

I'm running out of baking powder. Do you have any? no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #11

You can make it yourself Major Nikon Apr 2020 #15

Thanks! no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #17

Great find! Phentex Apr 2020 #20