Baking Basics: Difference Between Block Yeast and Dry Yeast including conversion

These are the differences between buying yeast in a refrigerated block and in a dry form including conversion.
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[@nojouplays5493]

Thanks like 0 cooking tutorials use blocks glad to know its pretty much the same

[@AmericanBaker]

So glad it was helpful for you. 😊

[@ParnellTheChef]

Hi, Michelle! Thanks for the explanation!
I have a story: I was looking for block yeast once, and they no longer had it, so I went on an adventure to find it: I went to 5 stores, and NONE of them had it. I finally went to a store I had never been to before, and I asked the guy working there for "yeast." He didn't know what I was talking about--it turned out to be a language issue. He asked another person working there--in Spanish--what I was talking about. i then realized it was a language issue, I started talking to him in Spanish, and he was from Argentina! I needed the yeast to make Argentine pizza, so it was quite a coincidence. Thanks for sharing!

[@AmericanBaker]

Oh wow! What a coincidence! Yes, dry yeast is much easier to find. I admire your perseverance. I probably would have given up much earlier. Out of curiosity, were you born in Argentina or in the United States?

[@eveequinox6671]

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[@AmericanBaker]

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[@fert7551]

I love those facts of beasts. That sugar is fine for yeast. Thank you.

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[@AmericanBaker]

Thanks for watching. Greetings from Germany.

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[@AmericanBaker]

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[@Jossypassion]

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[@fabrizio483]

Fresh yeast is sold in 500g blocks where I live. How do I convert it? Thanks.

[@AmericanBaker]

I would cut off pieces and weigh them with a kitchen scale. You need 42 grams to be equal to 1 tbsp dry yeast.

[@godschild5587]

​@@AmericanBakerwhy did you write 42g? Where did you get that info? red star yeast website says 18.9g

[@AmericanBaker]

So, listen to what you choose. I'm not telling you what to believe. 42g is the information that I found. If a different brand has a different conversion, then that is the conversion of that brand, which can be different to the one I found.