Likewise, in British medieval times, bread baking became quite the status symbol.
Interestingly, the richer Romans considered whiter bread as higher quality and more suited to the educated and wealthy. Romans invented water-milling around 450 BC and as such, they took bread to what was subsequently regarded as an art form. Throughout the world, in the following centuries, countries developed their own versions of bread. Grain was crushed and the bakers produced what we now commonly recognize in its closest form as chapatis (India) or tortillas (Mexico).ĭid you know that the Egyptians were skilled beer brewers? It’s thought that their brewing expertise combined with the warm climate, produced the world’s first sourdough…through their adding wild yeast to the bread mixture. The quern was the first known grinding tool. So, what is bread? Basically, it’s a paste of flour and water, cooked over or surrounded by heat.Īccording to history, the earliest bread was made in or around 8000 BC in the Middle East, specifically Egypt.
food made of flour, water, and yeast or another leavening agent, mixed together and baked.”a loaf of bread”
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