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Made some pancakes yesterday using the instant sourdough yeast. The recipe said it needed to sit an hour before use and that is what I did. The pancakes were all right, not great, but not bad. I had a lot of batter left so I put it in the fridge. Last night before bed I felt a hunger pang so I quickly cooked up some small ones. My, how this batter had grown! These little pancakes were much better that the ones we had for lunch. Today we had pancakes again. The batter had fully risen, the pancakes were nice and fluffy and they had that sourdough tang. Not really strong, but it was noticeable. Very good.

I have had that brand. It is good but too hot in the spice department for me. I use Blue Dragon brand and we like it very much.

Me too.

Maybe they re-formulated it. I just checked the web site again and they list it as new. I now have 40 packets of the stuff. I ordered and received 20, and my sister on her way home, saw a HyVee in Iowa, stopped in and bought me 20 more.😲

I thought the sourdough instant yeast was a new product?

The Red Star people have told me that if a recipe calls for sourdough starter, this yeast is not meant to replace that. This product is to replace regular yeast with recipes requiring up to 4 cups of flour. The whole packet is to be used. They have a few recipes on their web site. I just wrote to them to ask if there is a minimum amount if flour that needs to be used with this yeast. I'll post their answer here when I get one, likely tomorrow.

I guess I've never seen them because I've never looked for them since they are out there. Thanks for bringing me up to speed.

I won't be rushing to McD's to try one.

I do this whenever I want a hard "boiled" egg. The egg goes into the oven, it is set to the 210F Steam setting, and the timer to 22 minutes. Perfect eggs.

I've never heard of nor seen dehydrated onions. Did you dry them in a dehydrator and how do they reconstitute?

No, I haven't seen anything I'd care to make either but we haven't watched all of them yet.

@Okanagancook I'll have to try it.

I don't know if this counts as preserving or not, but the contents of these ice cube trays were once 8 pounds of onions. These caramalized onions are destined mainly for future grilled cheese sandwiches but I suspect they will also find a home on top of the odd burger. These were cooked for 28 hours in a slow cooker.

I used to really like his shows but I'm finding the schtick now to be almost unbearable. I tell my husband that there is way more of it than there was in the original series. He claims not. What do you think?

Did you ever try it?

I got my order today. Now to decide what to make first.....This is the place I ordered it from. http://www.onlinegroceryoutlet.com/platinum-instant-sourdough.html Picture of front and back of package.

Oh, Lordy, I love those things.

I'm excited too. I need to try his method of steaming them. Have you tried it yet?

It isn't that I don't like CSO toast. I've never had a piece of toast, properly toasted, from either one of the CSO's that I have/had, that is, evenly browned on both sides. From other people's comments, I get the impression that theirs comes out just fine. Mine does not, and I don't know why. So, I just use my toaster.

@liuzhou Thanks for the comparison. I may have to do my own taste test!

What's yours?

@Kim Shook Do you by chance have a link to the recipe for those biscuits?

I seem to be the only one who can't make toast in the CSO. I couldn't do it in the first one and neither does it turn out in the replacement oven.

Please excuse me for asking this question as I am a Northener and generally speaking, we like our tomatoes red, not green. I have seen many a reference to fried green tomatoes and it is something I just can't wrap my head around. I don't understand why anyone would want to eat a green tomato when one can eat a tasty, juicy, perfectly ripe one. So clearly, I don't understand the attraction. What is it about a FGT that makes you want to eat them? If someone can convince me if the merits, I'll cook some up and try them.

At 63.8 pounds you wouldn't be moving it around much.