Got an Asda delivery yesterday

[cojak]

I got some yeast off eBay before everything went nuts.

I'll have another go with the plain flour. I've got some self-raising which might be interesting with yeast.

It really won't I'm afraid. Bread flour is also called strong flour as it contains more gluten than the ordinary stuff.

meaning of "strong flour" | The Fresh Loaf

I would do as NAT suggests and try making soda bread with what you have.

[DealorNoDeal]

It really won't I'm afraid. Bread flour is also called strong flour as it contains more gluten than the ordinary stuff.

meaning of "strong flour" | The Fresh Loaf

I would do as NAT suggests and try making soda bread with what you have.

Thanks.

BTW, the only reason we ordered bread mix is because this is what we normally buy. It produces much better bread than I've ever been able to make from scratch.

Wright's Mixed Grain Bread Mix

[cojak]

Thanks.

BTW, the only reason we ordered bread mix is because this is what we normally buy. It produces much better bread than I've ever been able to make from scratch.

Wright's Mixed Grain Bread Mix

Not dissing the bread mix, my attempts were mediocre at best before I learned to make a poolish before throwing the salt in.

Poolish recipe | Epicurious.com

[cojak]

Leaving it 18 hours isn’t necessary btw, just start making the bread a bit longer or the poolish the night before.

Here’s another recipe.

Baking with Poolish for tastier bread - Sourdough&Olives

[hairymouse]

I ordered some sourdough starter from ebay and now I've got tons of the stuff. Makes fantastic bread although I've been adding yeast as well.

Seems like I've seen online that you can make your yeast starter by simply leaving a mix of flour and water out for a few days.

[cojak]

Yep, I use a bread flour/ rye mix when I want to start a sourdough off, I haven’t done it for a couple of years as we weren’t eating it fast enough, and I don’t want to waste too much flour by starting a new one now.

[Paralytic]

The world is ending and this place turns into The Great Contractor Bake Off

[vetran]

The world is ending and this place turns into The Great Contractor Bake Off

wait till we start talking about stripping our AK47s!

[d000hg]

Can you get hold of dry (or even better, live) yeast and plain flour?

Flour is hard to get too. Presumably bought mostly by people with no idea how to bake a loaf!

I saw a report today from a refuse site food waste is up 30% to post-XMas levels with all the short-life food people panic-bought and are now throwing away.

[d000hg]

We found a bakery wholesaler and bought 32kg for us and some friends to split.