SC - Yeast
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Wed Feb 21 11:03:29 PST 2001
What kind of pastry? It does make a difference.
Yeast breads appear in Egypt and the Swiss lake villages around 3500 BCE.
There are some Roman recipes which use yeast and there are a few period
recipes which call for yeast, but most yeast pastry recipes are after 1600.
Bear
> I just looked at the Food Timeline and I don't have any of my
> history books
> with me. Can anyone tell me when yeast first came into use
> with pastry?
>
> Thanks
> Marina
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