Bread
Bread is a type of baked food. It is mainly made from dough, which
is made mainly from flour and water. Usually, salt and yeast are
added. Bread is often baked in an oven. It can be bought all over the
world.
Bread can be toasted or used to make sandwiches. Pizza is a food
based on bread. There are many different kinds of bread.
The two main types of bread are:
1. Leavened bread is made by adding yeast or other Bread at a bakery
leavening to the dough. The yeast produces gas that
makes the dough lighter. Leavened bread can be made
into larger loaves baked in an oven. This is the main type
of bread eaten in Europe, America, and many parts of Asia.
2. Unleavened flatbread is baked from a dough of water and
flour, with no yeast. It is baked in flat rounds like tortilla or
chapati. This type of bread cannot be made thick as it
would be too dense to eat. Unleavened bread is eaten
throughout the Middle East, Africa, parts of Asia, and as the
Central American tortilla. Baking can be done on a metal
plate or hot stone, or in an oven. Different types of bread
The color and taste of the bread depend on the kind of flour used and
the style of baking. Flour made from the whole grain gives darker
bread. Flour made just from the polished wheat grain gives a very
white bread. Rye and barley flour give darker types of bread. The
type of flour also changes how long the bread can be kept before
going bad. Some strains of wheat are resistant to fungus, but may not
produce a bread as tasty as a weaker strain.
Religious breads
Whole grain bread served with butter
Christianity and Judaism have rules about the use of bread in their
and eggs
religions. Unleavened bread (matzo) is eaten by Jews during the
Passover. The Catholic celebration of the Eucharist uses unleavened
wafers.
Orthodox churches forbid the use of unleavened bread for the Eucharist (Old Testament) and permit leavened
bread only as a symbol of the New. This was one of the three points of contention that brought about the
schism between Eastern and Western churches in 1054.[1]
Types of bread
Bagels
Baguettes
Croissants
Lavash
Markouk in Egypt and the Levant
Matzo in all Kosher communities
Naan bread
North American biscuits
Pitas
Pizza dough
Pretzels
Scones
Tortillas
White Bread
Wholemeal bread
Bread is an important part of life in many countries, because so many people eat it. In many cultures, bread is
so important that it is part of religious rituals.
Cake is made in a similar way to bread but sugar, fat and milk are added to the dough and often more
ingredients.
References
1. Ware, Timothy (1964), The Orthodox Church, London: Penguin Books, p. 66, ISBN 0-14-
020592-6
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