marinade question and one more

[Guest guest]

I am unclear to which kind of yeast you are referring to..the nutritional

yeast or the baking yeast?

 

But, here goes. Baking yeast is a one cell plant and so of course vegans use

it.

 

http://www.bakingandbakingscience.com/

 

Yeast is one of the essential ingredients in bread production. It is a one

cell plant which multiplies by a process known as budding. Under the right

conditions of water, sugars, warmth, and dissolved minerals, yeast causes

fermentation. Yeast is available in compressed form which must be kept under

refrigeration until it is ready to be used and active dry yeast which need

not be refrigerated. Active dry yeast has an extended shelf life. Both will

generally produce satisfactory results. However, a majority of large

Commercial Bread Bakeries use compressed yeast in their formulas. When using

active dry yeast half as much active dry yeast is required as compared with

compressed yeast.

 

Nutritional yeast is also just plant sourced so we eat it:

http://www.efn.org/~sundance/NutritionalYeast.html

 

Raised On Molasses

Nutritional yeast is grown on mineral enriched molasses and used as a food

supplement. At the end of the growth period, the culture is pasteurized to

kill the yeast. You never want to use a live yeast (i.e. baking yeast) as a

food supplement because the live yeast continues to grow in the intestine

and actually uses up the vitamin B in the body instead of replenishing the

supply. (Brewer's yeast is nutritionally the same but as a by-product of the

beer-brewing industry it has a characteristic bitter hops flavor.)

linda

 

 

 

" KJ " <kjalics

> Also, do vegans use yeast?

[Guest guest]

What I have done to get a bacon type flavor is to use hickory liquid smoke

flavoring and Braggs ( you could use soy or tamari)...the things that I

remember about bacon is the smoke and the salt. I have even used a bit of

vegetarian organic Worcestershire. I don't know if this will work for you,

but I have done it to thinly sliced tofu to get a bacon like flavor.. I

don't know what corned beef or a cabbage tart taste like though.

linda

 

" KJ " <kjalics

 

 

> Does anyone have a favorite marinade for frozen/thawed tofu which would

> make it taste somewhat meatlike of hamlike? I am trying to substitute a

> marinated tofu for the beef in a corned beef and cabbage tart.

>

> Also, do vegans use yeast?

>

> Kristi

>

>

 

[Guest guest]

I believe yeasts are actually taxonomically in the fungi kingdom, not

plant kingdom... but in any case they are not in the animal kingdom.