Bread is one of our oldest foods, a pillar of civilisation. Nearly
every civilisation around the world has developed it. Bread has
several key ingredients: (flour, liquid, oils*, leavening
substance*, salt*, sugars*)
the major types for each of these are:
flours:
wheat
corn
nut
rice
liquids:
water
milk
broth
blood
(yes blood)
oils:
butter
olive oil
sesame seed oil
other oils**
leavening substances:
Yeast
baking powder
fermented stuff***
sugars:
cane
corn syrup
maple
others ****
I would like to see a visual that shows where all the bread
from around the world lie in relation to each other on a big
graph, or maybe a calculator that lets you enter different
mixes of ingredients and find out what kind of bread or bread
hybrid it will be. (ie. ‘cresent-flatbread’ or ‘cornbread-cake’)
* not essential
** too many to list, but the big distinction is between fat and
vegetable oils
*** wheat flours have natural rising qualities
**** can’t list off the top of my head ...