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  2. History of bread - Wikipedia

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    This used the intense mechanical working of dough, and control of gases touching dough, to dramatically reduce the fermentation period and the time taken to produce a loaf at the expense of taste and nutrition. [35] For generations, white bread was the preferred bread of the rich while the poor ate dark (whole grain) bread.

  3. Loaf - Wikipedia

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    A loaf (pl.: loaves) is a (usually) rounded or oblong quantity of food, typically and originally of bread. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is common to bake bread in a rectangular bread pan or loaf pan because some kinds of bread dough tend to collapse and spread out during the cooking process if not constrained; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the shape of less viscous doughs can ...

  4. Bread - Wikipedia

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    The Old English word for bread was hlaf (hlaifs in Gothic: modern English loaf) which appears to be the oldest Teutonic name. [1] Old High German hleib [2] and modern German Laib derive from this Proto-Germanic word, which was borrowed into some Slavic (Czech: chléb, Polish: bochen chleba, Russian: khleb) and Finnic (Finnish: leipä, Estonian: leib) languages as well.

  5. Bread in culture - Wikipedia

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    During important occasions when guests arrive, they are offered a loaf of bread with a salt holder to represent hospitality. [13] In France, there has been a huge decline in the baguette culture. In the 1970s, French people were consuming an average of one loaf of bread per day. Only a century ago, the French ate approximately 3 loaves of bread ...

  6. 50 of the world’s best breads - AOL

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    The bread plays a starring role at weddings, with elaborate rules to govern the baking process: Traditionally, a happily married woman must mix the dough, and a married man slides the round loaf ...

  7. Sandwich bread - Wikipedia

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    Sandwich bread (also referred to as pan bread, loaf bread, or sandwich loaf) [1] is bread that is prepared specifically to be used for the preparation of sandwiches. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Sandwich breads are produced in many varieties, such as white , whole wheat , sourdough , rye , multigrain [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and others.

  8. Meatloaf - Wikipedia

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    In British English, haslet or acelet is a pork meatloaf with herbs, originally from Lincolnshire. The word is derived from the Old French hastilles meaning entrails. In Lincolnshire, haslet (pronounced '/ˈhæslɪt/' locally) is typically made from stale white bread, minced pork, sage, salt and black pepper.[1]

  9. Artos - Wikipedia

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    An artos (Ancient Greek: ἄρτος, "leavened loaf", "bread") is a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox [1] and Byzantine rite catholic churches. A large Artos is baked with a seal depicting the resurrection for use at Pascha (Easter).