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Bread making and the coronavirus

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I have been using a bread maker to make bread for my wife and I for years and years. When bread makers first came out, the supermarket that I frequent had two brands of bread flour (this is different from all purpose flour) in ten pound bags and two brands in five pound bags. As bread makers gradually went out of style, the selection went down. Recently, there was usually only one selection of bread flour, sometimes in five pound sacks, sometimes ten pound sacks. That was true about a week and a half ago, when my supply was near zero. I picked up just a five pound sack (the only brand and quantity available) even though the storage container I use holds ten pounds. I figured I could always pick up another sack on the next trip to the store and not have to lug two sacks home at once.

I begin to panic when I saw an article saying that lots of people had started to make their own bread. On my next trip to the supermarket, almost every part of the store was well supplied except ... flour. There might have been four or five sacks of flour total, no bread flour. (I should mention that the other area of the store that was completely devastated was rice - another basic commodity for my wife and myself.)

One of the members of my church said that he was sent to the store to pick up ten pounds of flour and some yeast for his wife. Same thing. Only about five sacks of flour period. What was more interesting, no yeast, nada. He had to go to five different stores before he could get any yeast, and then, only a small quantity. (Only packets, none of the jars of yeast to be found.) As he noted, people aren't stocking up on yeast to make beer. The liquor departments are well stocked.

So, forget about the TP. Yeast is the new gold.
 

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I have been using a bread maker to make bread for my wife and I for years and years. When bread makers first came out, the supermarket that I frequent had two brands of bread flour (this is different from all purpose flour) in ten pound bags and two brands in five pound bags. As bread makers gradually went out of style, the selection went down. Recently, there was usually only one selection of bread flour, sometimes in five pound sacks, sometimes ten pound sacks. That was true about a week and a half ago, when my supply was near zero. I picked up just a five pound sack (the only brand and quantity available) even though the storage container I use holds ten pounds. I figured I could always pick up another sack on the next trip to the store and not have to lug two sacks home at once.

I begin to panic when I saw an article saying that lots of people had started to make their own bread. On my next trip to the supermarket, almost every part of the store was well supplied except ... flour. There might have been four or five sacks of flour total, no bread flour. (I should mention that the other area of the store that was completely devastated was rice - another basic commodity for my wife and myself.)

One of the members of my church said that he was sent to the store to pick up ten pounds of flour and some yeast for his wife. Same thing. Only about five sacks of flour period. What was more interesting, no yeast, nada. He had to go to five different stores before he could get any yeast, and then, only a small quantity. (Only packets, none of the jars of yeast to be found.) As he noted, people aren't stocking up on yeast to make beer. The liquor departments are well stocked.

So, forget about the TP. Yeast is the new gold.
ooooh, I happen to have 6 envelopes but running low on TP and would really enjoy a steak. Barter opportunities will continue to happen...
 

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I have been using a bread maker to make bread for my wife and I for years and years. When bread makers first came out, the supermarket that I frequent had two brands of bread flour (this is different from all purpose flour) in ten pound bags and two brands in five pound bags. As bread makers gradually went out of style, the selection went down. Recently, there was usually only one selection of bread flour, sometimes in five pound sacks, sometimes ten pound sacks. That was true about a week and a half ago, when my supply was near zero. I picked up just a five pound sack (the only brand and quantity available) even though the storage container I use holds ten pounds. I figured I could always pick up another sack on the next trip to the store and not have to lug two sacks home at once.

I begin to panic when I saw an article saying that lots of people had started to make their own bread. On my next trip to the supermarket, almost every part of the store was well supplied except ... flour. There might have been four or five sacks of flour total, no bread flour. (I should mention that the other area of the store that was completely devastated was rice - another basic commodity for my wife and myself.)

One of the members of my church said that he was sent to the store to pick up ten pounds of flour and some yeast for his wife. Same thing. Only about five sacks of flour period. What was more interesting, no yeast, nada. He had to go to five different stores before he could get any yeast, and then, only a small quantity. (Only packets, none of the jars of yeast to be found.) As he noted, people aren't stocking up on yeast to make beer. The liquor departments are well stocked.

So, forget about the TP. Yeast is the new gold.

I have not been able to get White bread flour or yeast this whole month not any flour.. I did get whole wheat bread flour from a local grist mill but still no yeast. A neighbor gave me expired yeast she has kept in the fridge but my bread did not come out good.

I give up.
 

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Amazon has at least three brands of yeast available in either one or two pound packages. It will keep indefinitely in the freezer. It's a little more than $1/oz and free shipping if you have Prime.
 
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Amazon has at least three brands available in either one or two pound packages. It will keep indefinitely in the freezer. It's a little more than $1/oz and free shipping if you have Prime.

I even checked today. I typed in flour and none came up just like, everything else I look for on there lately. Well, except some going like for $100! No matter. Without yeast it will do me no good in terms of bread making.
 

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I even checked today. I typed in flour and none came up just like, everything else I look for on there lately. Well, except some going like for $100! No matter. Without yeast it will do me no good in terms of bread making.
Sorry - edited my post to say yeast...
 

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My area Costco's sell yeast; yes in large quantity, about 3-4 jars equivalent. Was less than $5.
But as someone said earlier, it freezes well. I just separated into 3 parts and stored in ziplocks in opaque containers. I store my working batch in the fridge. I made pizza dough, actually any kind of yeasted dough, for the first time in years!

I went to my local grocery store for the first time in a couple of weeks and was surprised to see
the larger quantities of flour sold out, and a limit 1 sign on the remaining smaller packages.
Luckily I'm only a couple of miles from a wholesaler's retail outlet who sells bulk spices, grains and
flour and other specialty items. It's a little more expensive, but I can buy by the pound. I picked up italian pizza flour and high gluten flour.
 

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Mary Ann,

I don't know how interested you are, but if you really want yeast (and bread flour) try,


What they have is the SAF yeast that others have referred to. It is the only yeast I use in that I find it far more dependable for bread baking. As someone above mentioned, it lasts well in the freezer. (I would say it takes me about a year and a half to go through a package, even baking a loaf of bread about every five days.) What they say when you try to order it, is a limit of two packages per person. Given what I said at the beginning of this paragraph, you won't want two packages. One is a great plenty.

If you do order from here and occasionally bake any kind of rye bread, I highly recommend their "Rye Bread Improver."

Just so that you know, I haven't ordered from them for a long time. I can now (or at least could) get exactly the same yeast at my local supermarket, so my need to use them largely disappeared.
 

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Mary Ann,

I don't know how interested you are, but if you really want yeast (and bread flour) try,


What they have is the SAF yeast that others have referred to. It is the only yeast I use in that I find it far more dependable for bread baking. As someone above mentioned, it lasts well in the freezer. (I would say it takes me about a year and a half to go through a package, even baking a loaf of bread about every five days.) What they say when you try to order it, is a limit of two packages per person. Given what I said at the beginning of this paragraph, you won't want two packages. One is a great plenty.

If you do order from here and occasionally bake any kind of rye bread, I highly recommend their "Rye Bread Improver."

Just so that you know, I haven't ordered from them for a long time. I can now (or at least could) get exactly the same yeast at my local supermarket, so my need to use them largely disappeared.


I was on their website. I just want a couple of packets of instant yeast. I am not making tons of bread.
 

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I have a massive box of Bisquick. Biscuits, pancakes, shortbread, coffee cake. I am all set.

Mmmm, IP cheeseburger pie with Bisquick. I’m getting to try a lot of IP recipes.


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In today's WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/were-a...shareToken=st966a3074f6d34cab9c485f64721e7bd4

"Sales of baking yeast surged 647%, more than any other food, beverage or consumer product in the week that ended March 21, according to market research firm Nielsen" . As someone who has worked in market research for my entire 30 year career, this is an astronomical increase in yeast purchasing. Any other consumer product includes cleaners, health and beauty aids, etc. WOW.
 

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In today's WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/were-a...shareToken=st966a3074f6d34cab9c485f64721e7bd4

"Sales of baking yeast surged 647%, more than any other food, beverage or consumer product in the week that ended March 21, according to market research firm Nielsen" . As someone who has worked in market research for my entire 30 year career, this is an astronomical increase in yeast purchasing. Any other consumer product includes cleaners, health and beauty aids, etc. WOW.
Is it mean to chuckle about many of us are failing at it??

If my mixer didn't have dough hooks, mine would definitely not be kneaded as much as required. Arthritic hands. People that just now took up breadmaking without a machine might not understand the importance of kneading and resting.
 

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I no longer knead dough for the most part. Some recipes still require it, but I haven't found a bread that does. I now fold and rest dough. Here's a ~ 2 min video by Ken Forkish on the technique:

 
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