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Yeast, Kirkleatham

Boil an ounce of hops in two quarts of water for twenty minutes. Strain the liquor, and mix with it a quarter of a pound of flour and a little less than a quarter of a pint of fresh yeast. Bottle the preparation, and tie the cork down. When the bread is to be made, add mashed potatoes, according to the quantity of yeast required. For a peck of flour boil and mash three pounds of potatoes, and mix with them half a pound of flour and half a pint of the yeast. Let the mixture stand all day. Mix it with the flour, and let it stand to sponge all night; knead and bake next day. Time, twenty minutes to boil the hops in the water. Sufficient, half a pint for about a peck of flour.