My Bread 2
My Bread
“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes” - Ralph W. Emerson. Bread is a food that can be
filling when hungry and healthy when eaten in moderation. Making the perfect dough is a skill
set that has been perfected over centuries of making it. Cultures across the world use bread a
mainstay to their cuisine. Sourdough, French, and flatbreads are the cornerstone of bread. With
their diversity they have become three of the most eaten breads in the world.
Sourdough is one of multiple breads that originated from France. In 1849, during the
California Gold Rush, it became a valued possession for explorers. It was used by explorers
during
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originally made in Vienna, Italy back in the middle of the 19th century. The baking method has
changed from its simple beginnings. It was originally baked in a dry oven that gave a
inconsistent texture. Late it adapted the use of steam which helped keep the temperature in
control and gave it a soft, creamy interior, and thick, brown crust.
Flatbread is one of the oldest breads there is. Flatbread comes from Ancient Egypt. Back
in the Mesopotamian time they figured if you could crush edible grains you can make it to paste
and bake it making flatbread. There’s different types of flatbreads from different countries. Naan
in Afghanistan, Tigella from Italy, and torta from Spain all are flatbreads from different
countries. All have a variety of flavor and texture but most have the same flat, chewy, and
crunchy characteristics.
My Bread 3 What wont taste better with a piece of bread? From humble beginnings to the world wide
phenomenon that bread is, we as a society, have accepted bread as a part of our lives. It will
continue to be perfected and it will continue to feed the masses today, tomorrow, and for as long
as we are
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Emerson. Bread is a food that can be
filling when hungry and healthy when eaten in moderation. Making the perfect dough is a skill
set that has been perfected over centuries of making it. Cultures across the world use bread a
mainstay to their cuisine. Sourdough, French, and flatbreads are the cornerstone of bread. With
their diversity they have become three of the most eaten breads in the world.
Sourdough is one of multiple breads that originated from France. In 1849, during the
California Gold Rush, it became a valued possession for explorers. It was used by explorers
during their long expeditions. Through out time there has been a variety of types of sourdough,
for example: wheat, rye, and Amaranth. Sourdough bread provides a slightly crunchy, chewy,
and acidic flavor that is eatable with most number and food.
One of the other types of bread that’s very popular today are French bread. It was
originally made in Vienna, Italy back in the middle of the 19th century. The baking method
The wheat was grounded into flour which was used to make bread. A
Additionally, vanilla, which was from the new world, got transported to Europe in the Columbian Exchange.
Kevin Millard writes about fry bread and how that particular dish is exceedingly important to Indigenous peoples. My version of fry bread is caldo de pollo, in english the direct translation is broth of chicken or chicken broth. Caldo de pollo is a traditional hot soup that is both made in my Mexican and Guatemalan backgrounds. The main ingredients include but are definitely not limited to piernas de pollo (chicken legs), elote (corn), papas (potatoes), and vegetales (vegetables). Just like fry bread, there are many different variations of caldo de pollo, the dish itself is always in a constant change.
At the beginning of the War, food was plentiful and delectable, as evident in Source D, and saw little decline in quality or price. However, additional men joining the war caused an immediate need for continuous food, inevitably causing the prices of bread, sugar and meat to increase steadily. During 1915, Britain relied upon importing goods, with 80% of wheat, 40% of meat, and predominantly all sugar being imported. Furthermore, ‘U’ boat attacks on British trade routes, coinciding with limited British farming caused products of wheat, sugar and meat to become exponentially harder to purchase, as depicted with the lack of bread basket in Source D (1915). 1916 saw these hardships increase drastically, with it being evaluated that only six weeks worth of wheat was left, causing bread to begin being made from turnip and potato, alongside a lack of wine, and fruit, as depicted in Source D. Additionally, fresh food declined, causing canned goods containing vegetables, meat and fish to become prevalent.
There was other food in their day-to-day rations for example the meat that was offered could consist of bacon, pork, or beef. They would salt their pork so that it would have a longer shelf life and be safe to eat for longer. Some other things they had were flour and bread products. The “bread” was a dried-out cracker with longer shelf life. They also had sugar.
In Europe, they produced potatoes that were more of a balanced nutrition that the Native Americans. Foods at the Old World were transported to Americas for the basis of labor. Europeans also transplanted to local gardens and orchards. Americas transported tobacco to Europe and it became quite popular during the 16th century. Alcohol was quite rare in America, but they were known in America.
The Columbian exchange was a sort of bridge between two very different cultures and, as Alfred W. Crosby said, it was very hard to find any crops that the two civilizations (the Old World and the New World, so to speak) shared. Horses, wheat, pigs, sugar cane, rice, and grape vines -- along with many other things -- could only be found in the Old World. Likewise, corn, sweet potatoes, alpaca, peanuts, and tobacco were all from the New World. Some of these things, wheat, rice, and corn in particular, are staples nowadays and we would be in trouble if something happened to one of those things. As Crosby said, “[Wheat] is one of Europe’s greatest gifts to the Americas”.
It is also relatively easy to make, because it usually requires only three simple ingredients: flour, water, and salt. To make it, one must mix flour, water, and salt in a bowl and mix it until it turns into dough. Then, he or she rolls it out and cuts it into individual pieces. Finally, he or she bakes the pieces of hardtack for thirty minutes, flips them over, and bakes them for another thirty minutes. This simple recipe allowed the Union and Confederate armies to make trays upon trays of these biscuits, enough to supply each soldier with nine to ten of them per day (Colleary).
New foods were discovered by settlers in the New World in addition to new ways of planting, growing and tending to crops. One of the major implementations into the new world was the potato, which is now a staple in the diet of most countries. This crop saved some countries from famine when weather and predators ruined the large grain crops. The underground tubers became popular due to the higher nutrient content and shortened tending and growing time compared to the Old-World crops. Other introductions included corn, wild rice, tomatoes, and various nuts, beans, fruits, and spices that spread across Europe from Britain to Russia.
What is the effect of temperatures 10°C , 20°C, 40°C, 60°C and 70°C ± 1/°C on yeast fermentation when baking bread? ii. Aim: The focal aim of this experiment is to investigate the effect that temperature has on the growth and respiration of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) fermentation. iii.
Panera Bread Company What is Panera Bread? They serve quality food with speedy service but not too fast like McDonalds or other fast food restaurants nor as expensive and slow as full dine in restaurants (i.e. Chili’s or Applebee’s). “Panera Bread offers freshly baked artisan bread to neighborhoods in cities throughout the country. As of September 27th, 2016, Panera Bread has 2,024 baker-cafes in 46 states” (panerabread.com).
We use it in a myriad of foods and recipes and we use it as a source of our energy for the day. Used for generations in thousands of years, we eat bread to come together in our lives. “Americans still consumed about 30 percent of their calories in the form of bread.” (Morano 1) So I leave you with this: I’ve never seen a food that brought people together like bread, we eat it in almost everything, and that’s why I picked this topic; bread is so fascinating, it is in a myriad of things in our life, and nothing can ever truly compare to a perfect freshly baked loaf of
Everyday food Abstract The article discusses the role of food as an instrument of identity and a channel of contact through cultures. This is discussed drawing from three cases of Italian food culture hybridization spanning from the early 20th century to the first decade of the 2000s: the role of Italian food in Italian-American identity as depicted in Leonardo Coviello’s work; the meeting of Southern and Northern food cultures following the Italian internal migrations in the ‘50s and ‘60s; the food practices of international migrants in the context of the global flows of people and commodities in present day Italy. In this regard, food plays an essential role in the rebuilding of a familiar context in which migrants can feel temporarily
The mold that usually grows on bread includes Penicillium and Rhizopus. Mould is a form of fungi, fungi can be defined as any of a diverse group of organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the host as they
Cooking, it has been around for almost as long as humans. When humans first started roaming the earth we needed to cook to purify our meat and to also add some flavor. Today cooking is a little bit different than back in the stone age. We have mastered various different types of cooking throughout our existence. Cooking used to be essential to human life and to the progression of our livelihood