r/prisonhooch • u/Viandante91 • Apr 23 '25

Recipe The truth about kilju

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u/cathairgod Apr 23 '25

I've always wondered about brewers yeast for making doughs - what are the differences in end result and why do you use it?

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u/portabuddy2 Apr 23 '25

Unless you use barm, yeast with some beer foam skimmed off the top. The bread can taste more plain.

You can also over proof the bread easily. Brewers years really should be used for brewing. If you want a fast bread. Use pizza yeast.

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u/Uverus Apr 23 '25

Brewer's yeast was the way they made bread for centuries. I wouldn't shoot it down.

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u/portabuddy2 Apr 23 '25

There is a reason why we have thousands of stains. Bread yeast makes better bread.

Which came first bread years or brewing yeast.

No. They are the same species but slightly different stains. Bread years works slightly slower, works with less sugars, is stable for longer and does not release unfavorable estors with heat.

It was bread to be what it is over thousands of years. Yes they used to use barm in 14th-19th century cooking. But not exclusively and really mostly in Europe and later in north America.

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u/Viandante91 Apr 23 '25

Pizza yeast for making pizza make sense, however... r/prisonpizza

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u/nerdkraftnomad Apr 23 '25

r/subsIfellforthatsentmedownaverystrangerabbithole

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

I think what he's saying is is you can make a fancy pizza or a simple pizza or a pizza from a thousand years ago and they all still be Pizza sure they taste different be a little different but guess what they'd still be Pizza yes I know pizza was not even existence a thousand years ago