yeast

     

Ascomycota (sac fungi)

Trivia about yeast

  • It's the single-celled organism that makes bread rise
  • As opposed to regular breads, quick breads are made without this leavener, eliminating the time to rise
  • Flor, a white film type of this fermenting agent, gives some sherries a distinctive tang
  • During fermentation, this converts sugar in the grape juice into alcohol & carbon dioxide
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Copenhagen, Denmark.) In 1883, Carlsberg developed Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, a special strain of this to ferment the sugars in beer
  • This single-celled fungus can ferment sugars & carbohydrates
  • Just using flour & water gives you unleavened bread; add this fungus to leaven it
  • Since prehistoric times, this single-celled fungus has been used to make beer & bread
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a strain of this stuff vital to the fermentation process
  • A single-celled organism that ferments sugars & carbohydrates
  • A trip to a bakery could show you how this 5-letter fungus makes bread rise
  • Charles & Maximillian Fleischmann started marketing this around 1870