BREAD MAKING WITH HOMEMADE YEAST
Bread formed a large part of our diet in the old days, and it was
always available, more so in winter when food was scarcer and
bellies needed to be filled.
I made all our bread, and made the yeast starters that gave it a
lovely rise.
Making the starter was easy. My sister used potatoes, but I
preferred apples to grow my yeast. I’d cut up a couple of peeled
apples and put them in a jar with a tablespoon of sugar and half
a jar of warm water. There, that was difficult wasn’t it?
Keeping the jar in a warm place, mine went under the range, the
apples start to ferment and bubble, you can tell it’s done when it
smells a little yeasty! not very scientific but it works.