about bREAD
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How long has it been around?
Bread has been around for thousands of years. At least 12,000 years ago, Middle Eastern countries had pita bread. Pita bread pockets are created by using steam to puff up the dough!
Bread is a favorite food for many, and is part of the food pyramid as a grain.
There are many different kinds of bread!
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Facts About Bread
How much bread do we eat? The average American consumes 53 pounds of bread per year!
Has it always been just food? Bread was so important to Egyptians a long, long time ago that it was used a currency, or money!
Bread in 1997 Kansas wheat farmers provided enough wheat to make bread in 1997 to give everyone on earth six loaves of bread – that’s 36.5 billion loaves of bread!
Breaking the Bread Bread is a universal sign of peace in many cultures. It is one of the foods that people from all sorts of backgrounds eat.
The History of Sliced Bread You can thank a man named Otto Rohwedder for sliced bread. He invented it in 1928 after working on it for 16 years.
Kinds of Bread
There are over 100 different kinds of bread, including pumpernickel, sourdough, wheat, white, and more. What kind is your favorite?
White Bread
This is made using refined flour or a combination of whole wheat flour and refined flour. It is the most used bread, and sold as sandwich bread.
Brown Bread
Brown bread is generally made with 100 per cent whole wheat flour. Caramel is usually added to give the brown coloring.
Multi-grain Bread
It may be termed as Six Grain or Seven Grain bread depending on the ingredients. This bread is made using refined flour or a combination of whole wheat flour and refined flour, with grains like sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, safflower seeds, rye, etc., added to increase the fiber content. It is more nutritious than white bread.
Russian Rye Bread
It is a part of Russian, Scandinavian and German cuisine, and is made with highly nutritious rye grain. It is darker in color, rougher in texture and stronger in flavor than wheat bread.
Rye bread
Is disc-shaped, with a hole in the center for easier storing, and can be preserved for longer periods of time.
Pita Bread
It is unleavened bread, which is not fermented much. It forms a pocket when cut into halves and these pockets can be stuffed with vegetables, cutlets, falafel, etc. Pita can be grilled or served just like that along with hummus (chickpea dip).
Focaccia
Quite popular in Italy, it is seasoned with olives, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and herbs. It can be topped with cheese or stuffed with vegetables and then baked. Focaccia dough is like pizza dough.
Calzone
An Italian delicacy, this bread is moon-shaped and is commonly stuffed with vegetables.
Steamed Bread
Unlike usual baked breads, this Chinese delicacy is made by steaming or deep-frying wheat flour-based dough or rice flour dough. It can also be stuffed with vegetables.
Irish Soda Bread
It is a quick bread made with a particular variety of soft wheat grown in Ireland along with baking soda and buttermilk.
Roti/ Chapati/ Phulka
These are unleavened breads of Indian origin. They are commonly made in disc shapes with whole wheat flour dough, and served with gravies, subzis, etc.
Tortillas
Tortilla is a staple diet in Mexican cuisine. It is made using maize flour and is thin and disc-shaped (like Indian breads like roti). Tortillas can be stuffed or deep-fried and then served along with dips.
Baguette
Baguette is a popular boat-shaped French bread, which has a rough exterior and soft interior. There are several slits on the baguette, which give it its unique texture, and many a times it is sprinkled with poppy seeds, sesame seeds etc.
Grissini
Commonly called as Bread Sticks, Grissini are pieces of dough rolled up into thin sticks, and then sometimes topped with sesame seeds, cheese, mixed herbs, poppy seeds etc.
Ciabatta
A long, broad and flat Italian white bread, which looks a little compressed or collapsed in the middle.