[Sca-cooks] researching recipes

[kerrimart at mindspring.com]

So is it ok to use packaged (or cake) yeast in receipes?  I know beer yeast
was used in bread making, but that is all I know right now (still
researching).

On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:54:23 -0700 Robin Carroll-Mann <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:17:47 -0500 Terry Decker
>
> wrote:
>
> > There is no period recipe for starter.  There
> > are only about six European
> > recipes for bread from the Middle Ages and
> > Renaissance and Platina's is the
> > only one I remember which uses sourdough.
>
> Both the Goodman of Paris (French) and Nola
> (Spanish) mention sourdough
> starter, though they do not give recipes for
> its use.
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain
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