h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think this is an excellent entry. Its clear, informative and enjoyable.

However, I am worried about the term hottish water. Yeast as you clearly point out is a living organism. If the water is too hot then it will kill it. Equally if the water is too cold, the yeast will hibernate and not grow. The temperature required is around about that of a babies bottle. If in doubt air on the side of too cool as the yeast can be persuaded from hibernation in a warm room. It is beyond hope once it has been scalded.

Hate to be a pain, but it made me go eek at the thought of all that scalding yeast.
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Tepid's the word. If was in a bath you wouldn't enjoy it much, but wouldn't leap out saying 'yikes!' or similar.

I was trying to be fairly graphic because my tepid (chef with asbestos hands) is different from other peoples tepid.

Like your description about the bath though, better than babies bottle cos not all of us have them.

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Hello desertorchid

I don't agree! I use water that is hotter than blood temperature and the yeast suffers no bad effects. That's why I said hottish. It works - honest. Give it a go.


F/b

Ok, I'll give it a go next time - its worth a go.

And make it wet, so you don't need to knead

Let me know how it works out.


Fb

I once made the mistake of using boiling water, fatal, lol.

Yup

Absolutely agree. Some bread making sources recommend that you mix one third boiling water and two thirds tap water. This is quite an accurate method of creating warm water and I have always found it to be successful.