Patent Yeast

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound fresh hops
• 1 gallon water
• flour
• 1/2 pint good yeast
• corn meal

Instructions

1. Put half a pound of fresh hops into a gallon of water and boil it away to two quarts.
2. Strain it, and make it a thin batter with flour.
3. Add half a pint good yeast.
4. When well fermented, pour it in a bowl and work in as much corn meal as will make it the consistency of biscuit dough.
5. Set it to rise, and when quite light, make it into little cakes.
6. Dry the cakes in the shade, turning them very frequently.
7. Keep them securely from damp and dust.
8. Persons who live in town, and can procure brewer's yeast, will save trouble by using it: take one quart of it, add a quart of water, and proceed as before directed.