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The English word "lord" comes from the Anglo-Saxon hlāfweard, meaning "bread keeper." [72] Bread is sometimes referred to as "the staff of life", although this term can refer to other staple foods in different cultures: the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "bread (or similar staple food)".
The word bannock comes from northern English and Scots dialects. The Oxford English Dictionary states the term stems from panicium , a Latin word for "baked dough", or from panis , meaning bread. It was first referred to as " bannuc " in early glosses to the 8th century author Aldhelm (d. 709), [ 1 ] and its first cited definition in 1562.
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Derived from the Welsh bara pyglyd, meaning "pitchy [i.e. dark or sticky] bread", later shortened simply to pyglyd; [5] [6] The early 17th century lexicographer, Randle Cotgrave, spoke of "our Welsh barrapycleds". [7] [8] The word spread initially to the West Midlands of England, [9] where it was anglicised to picklets and then to pikelets. [8]
The modern English word loaf is derived from Old English hlaf, 'bread', which in turn is from Proto-Germanic *khlaibuz. [5] Old Norse hleifr, Swedish lev, Old Frisian hlef, Gothic hlaifs, Old High German hleib and modern German Laib derive from this Proto-Germanic word, which was also borrowed into Slavic (Polish chleb, Russian khleb) and Finnic (Finnish leipä, Estonian leib) languages as well.
Ciabatta bread was first produced in 1982, [2] [3] by Arnaldo Cavallari, who called the bread ciabatta polesana after Polesine, the area he lived in.The recipe was subsequently licensed by Cavallari's company, Molini Adriesi, to bakers in 11 countries by 1999.
Trust me, this bread will work without them. In fact, when I started baking for vegans, I went back to the Depression Era breads and cakes that worked so well and simply subbed in non-dairy milk ...
Sliced bread is placed into the slots on the top of the toaster, the desired degree of toasting is set, and a lever is pushed down to expose the bread to the heated elements. The toast is popped up when it is ready. Bread toasted in a conventional toaster can "sweat" when it is served (i.e. water collects on the surface of the cooled toast).