Synonyms for yeast

Grammar : Noun

Spell : yeest

Phonetic Transcription : yist

Définition of yeast

Origin : Old English gist "yeast," common West Germanic (cf. Middle High German gest, German Gischt "foam, froth," Old High German jesan, German gären "to ferment"), from PIE *jes- "boil, foam, froth" (cf. Sanskrit yasyati "boils, seethes," Greek zein "to boil," Welsh ias "seething, foaming").

noun leaven
noun foam
noun rising agent

Example sentences :

If you use fruit, put in half a wine glass more of the yeast.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Let it stand till it becomes only milk-warm, and then stir in the yeast.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

If the yeast is stirred in while the liquor is too warm, it will be likely to turn sour.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Make the milk tepid, and mix smoothly with the German yeast.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Mix the yeast smoothly with the milk, which should be made tepid.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Then mix it smoothly with the yeast, and stir it into the household flour.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Serve with carrots and turnips, and yeast, Norfolk, or suet dumplings.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Melt a pound of butter in half a pint of milk; mix it into two pounds of flour, eight eggs, and four spoonfuls of yeast.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Melt a quarter of a pound of butter in a quarter of a pint of milk, and strain into it two spoonfuls of yeast and two eggs.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

The water to be used should be lukewarm in summer, and in very cold weather it must be hot, but not so as to scald the yeast.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

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