How did hops bread get its name?
How did hops bread get its name? Originally, the loaves were baked wrapped in green banana leaves which resulted in the finished product being delivered with dried leaf still stuck to it. Because of the price, hops bread was originally known as 'penny loaves' and were a blessing to the impoverished barrack-yard dwellers of the city. How do you make Hop Yeast? Take five ounces of hops, two pounds of malt, three and one-half pounds of flour, five gal lons of water, two quarts of stock yeast, or eight dry yeast cakes, or three ounces of compressed yeast. Boil the...