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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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