"To Make Yeast in the Turkish Manner:
Take a small teacup-full of split or bruised peas, and pour on it a pint of boiling water, and set it in a vessel all night on the hearth, or any warm place. The next morning the water will have a froth on it, and be good yeast, and will make as much bread as two quartern loaves." ~ The New Family Receipt Book, 1820. Free and in public domain.
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Wow- that's neat! I've never seen yeast from split peas before, just grapes or flour.
I did not know you can do that, I always have dried split peas in the house!!
Amazing.
Have you tried that yet? Did it work? I'd be really interested in hearing if this really works.
Weeel, I left it too long and it turned into something horrible smelling! I'll have to try again. I had put it outside in the heat, had company, and by the time I got to it, it had been out for two days. Way too long for it to sit in the heat.
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