Yeast Inspection

[Low-N-Slow]

I usually make up a couple of pounds of pizza dough on Thursday evenings for use over the weekend. It might end up as pizza, or it might ferment a few days more and end up as a small loaves of tasty homemade bread to serve with weekday dinners. This past Thursday, I inadvertently stuck the jar of rapid rise yeast in the freezer, rather than the refrigerator. Discovering my faux pas this evening, I Googled up a search on freezing yeast, and whether or not that's necessarily a bad thing. Of course, and as always with the internet, the results were mixed and totally inconclusive. I threw the yeast in the recipe's sugar and water, hoping to proof it. Again, inconclusive. I continued on, and made the dough. The oven, and pizza stone within, remained slightly warm from reheating leftover corned beef and cabbage for dinner hours before-- a perfect environment, in fact, for assessing yeast viability. Long story short, it appears the yeast was unaffected by its week in the freezer. Tomorrow will tell if I am correct.

[Mrs. Fury]

Funniest thread name in a while.

[The Bear]

I freeze yeast all the time and have had no ill affects. I buy a pound at a time and store in an air tight packaging

[Low-N-Slow]

It appears my fungi friends are none the worse for their little polar expedition. They're safely back in the fridge, and my dough looks perfect.

[hungryone]

I too buy 1-lb bags of SAF yeast and store it in the freezer in an airtight jar. SOP for most frequent home bakers.

[NoNoNanette]

Misread this thread title...... hoped to give helpful hints of Cranberry Juice, etc. to friends.

[cstoehr]

Misread this thread title...... hoped to give helpful hints of Cranberry Juice, etc. to friends.

OMG....so did I Nanette! I did a double take and thought this should be in the lounge.............

[hungryone]

Here's a link to the sort of airtight canister I use for freezer storage of yeast:
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/yeast-set

[Low-N-Slow]

I have seen those elsewhere, like BB&B. I would bet less expensive than KA, too. (They are kind of proud of their stuff.) I have a version in stainless with the same lid that I use for filtered fryer oil that came from a local LnT or BB&B, I think.