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yeast

I too have been looking for a place to buy bulk baker's yeast, since I 
decided to get back into bread baking.  Years ago I used to buy 
Fleischman's (I'm pretty sure it was Fleischman's, anyway) in a can, a 
little bigger than a 1 pound coffee can.  That was in Idaho, and I think 
I paid about $6.  Now the "best" I've found are those little brown jars, 
4 oz. obscenely priced at $5.29-$5.49 here in Tucson. (In comparison, 
when I was buying the big cans, the little jars were something over $2-- 
that was probably about 15 years ago).  Anybody know if yeast is still 
sold in those cans, or know of a source?

And while I'm at it, I want to agree with Bev about rice cookers and 
breadmakers.  They just seem to complicate pretty basic processes, and I 
just don't see the point, though if people enjoy them, that's great.  But 
I have limited counter space, for one thing, and I find the contained 
violence of kneading bread dough quite therapeutic, for another.  I use 
the old basic yeasted bread recipe out the the old Tassajara Bread Book, 
making 4-5 loaves at a time, depending on how big you make them.  Bread 
freezes beautifully; once I took a loaf out of the freezer in the 
morning, dropped it off at the county fair in the afternoon, and won the 
blue ribbon! Making one loaf at a time in a bread machine actually seems 
more labor-intensive, and not as much fun.  On the other hand, I can't 
imagine how we lived without microwaves, food processors, blenders, etc., 
(or computers, for that matter, though I know I did) so I'm not a complete 
Luddite, honest.  Just wanted Bev to know she's not alone out there :-)

Vicki
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Victoria Modarresi					Dept. of English
vmodrsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx				University of Arizona
(520)621-1836			FAX (520)621-7397	Tucson, AZ 85721
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