History of Bread in the World


Thousands of years ago, human life wandering, while hunting and looking to eat. At first ears of corn they chew away. Uh, hard! So, they are mashed and give water sepaya flabby, dough left them dry in the sun to dry for the journey. Then they know, the food becomes more delicious when baked. So they pipihkan wheat dough on the stone surface which is heated by fire.

About 4,600 years ago, in Egypt there is people forget to dry flour mixture. The dough was fermented. Once burned, it feels softer and more comfortable, since then, they deliberately used to leaven dough to expand.

Baking time was not yet seempuk and good as now. Make it too disgusting. Flour, water, and yeast dough is mixed and then trampled on by the slaves. But the bread is no longer burned in open fires, but in the furnace primitive cone-shaped. At that time Egyptian workers are not paid with money, but with bread. Until now, in English called breadwinner breadwinners, people who struggle to get bread. The word 'bread' is often used to replace the word 'fortune'. Until now, the traditional bread in the Middle East, India and Africa are still flat. Bread became the staple food in various parts of the world.

Making bread continues to grow. We recognize various kinds, shapes, and flavor bread. In Indonesia we used to eat white bread is soft, white, box-shaped, and thin skin. People like bread Francis long and slender like a tube, a thick skin, it is tender. The Germans and Russians like rye bread from wheat.

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