Seitan ~ yeast flakes

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i have seen gluten flour in stores fairly recently.

It looks like regular flour but is composed of just

the pure gluten... so most of the work is already

done for you in the process because before you'd

have to mix it up and then rinse, rinse, rinse the

stuff away to be left with just the gluten of the flour.

 

No as far as yeast flakes go, you cannot use regular

active yeast packets to replace that part. Yeast flakes

refer to the nutritional yeast flakes that you can

sprinkle on food to give it an almost cheesy flavor.

They are rich in vitamins and very yummy. i find

them in the bulk bins of healthfood stores, but others

have posted pictures of cans you can buy... i've never

looked for them before though.

Here are some links with pics and info:

 

http://www.naturesstore.com/product_main.asp?ProductCode=13026

 

http://www.ediblenature.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD & ProdID=

8187

 

http://www.healthy-eating.com/egg_and_dairy_substitutes.html

 

~ pt ~

 

A 'NO' uttered from deepest conviction is better

and greater than a 'YES' merely uttered to please,

or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

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" christieoconnor " <christie0131@g...> wrote:

 

> I've not seen gluten powder here in the UK but it looks like you can

> also make seitan from extra strong flour which has additional gluten

> in it. I would have thought that pearl barley would give quite a

> different texture to tapioca. Not sure about yeast flakes as I've

> not seen them here either. Tahini is sesame seed paste – you can

> find it in health food shops or even in most large supermarkets

> these days and it is wonderful stuff – use it to make hummous,

> drizzle it over steamed vegetables and brown rice. WRT the garlic,

> I'm not sure that the antisocial effect of garlic is increased in

> proportion to the amount of garlic eaten – I have a recipe for

> garlic soup which calls for 100 cloves of garlic – perhaps I should

> try it out and then see the effect on my friends.

>

> Here is another link which has more seitan recipes

>

> http://vegweb.com