ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoMan aged 64 and ¾ discovers capitalismb.l3n.coimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1664arrow-down125
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minus-squareDigitalDilemma@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoYeast needs sugar to eat in order to fart out carbon dioxide and make bread less dense.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoMost white loaf bread recipes start with “dissolve sugar into warm water, add yeast, allow to proof until thick and foamy.”
minus-squareLazerFX@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoMost American white loaf bread recipes… Even in the UK, we would call most American bread “fortified dough”, like a sweet/pudding, not bread. I bake occasionally and it’s flour, water, salt and yeast.
sugar?
Yeast needs sugar to eat in order to fart out carbon dioxide and make bread less dense.
Most white loaf bread recipes start with “dissolve sugar into warm water, add yeast, allow to proof until thick and foamy.”
Most American white loaf bread recipes…
Even in the UK, we would call most American bread “fortified dough”, like a sweet/pudding, not bread. I bake occasionally and it’s flour, water, salt and yeast.
that’s crazy