Bread is the head of everything. It is he who from time immemorial has been an integral product of the dining and festive table. Fragrant freshly baked bread is associated with the warmth of the home and remains a good friend of a person for life.
Instructions
Step 1
The great discovery of bread took place in ancient times more than 15 thousand years ago. It was in those days that man began for the first time to collect and cultivate cereals, which today are called wheat, rye, oats and barley. At first, people ate grain exclusively raw. After they began to grind them between the stones, mixing with water, the bread took the form of a liquid porridge. It was then that the first millstones, flour and, accordingly, bread appeared.
Step 2
Later, having learned how to make fire, man began to use it in cooking. After that, another discovery was made. The fact is that a man came up with the idea of roasting crushed grains before mixing them with water. Then he made sure that the porridge prepared in this way is more delicious than the one he had eaten before. Primitive people ate such grain food until they learned how to bake unleavened bread in the form of cakes made from thick grain dough. It was with the appearance of such dense pieces of cereal porridge that the era of bread baking began.
Step 3
The ancient Egyptians skillfully mastered the skill of loosening the dough by the method of its fermentation, while using baker's yeast and lactic acid bacteria. As a result of this process, organic compounds accumulate in the dough, which, under the influence of high temperatures at the time of baking, give the bread an incomparable taste and aroma, making it fluffy and light. Ancient Greek craftsmen baked many types of bread, usually using wheat flour. And from coarse flour, inexpensive bread was made, which was food for the common people.
Step 4
According to scientists, the word "bread" originates from the ancient Greek language. It was the Greek masters who baked this product in pots of a certain shape, which were called "klibanos". As a result, the Gothic word "khleifs" arose, which firmly entered the linguistic culture of the ancient Germans, Slavs, and many other peoples. Over time, this name changed again, resulting in the word "hlib", which is consonant with the word "bread".
