November Food-in-the-Spotlight: Bread

As you may have noticed, we're branching out a bit with our monthly spotlight features, and we thought a feature on bread was long overdue as we approach the end of British Summer Time and the idea of baking loaves in the oven ready for soup dunking becomes even more appealing.

We've also noticed, at least locally, that houses seem to be selling again, and we ALL know that the smell of bread baking helps give prospective buyers that warm, homely feeling when they're looking around your house.

If you need other great reasons to bake your own, check out Tracey's article from earlier in the year: "5 Great Reasons To Bake Your Own Bread"

Did You Know?

The British Museum has in its collection a loaf of bread that is 4000 years old, from an Egyptian pyramid!

In the Neolithic era, bread was an unleavened paste of crushed cereal grains with water, cooked over a fire.

Bakers of the Bakers Guild in Rome were forbidden from mixing with "comedians and gladiators" in order to avoid being drawn into a life of vice. Sounds like VERY sound advice to us!

Bread Recipes

Banana Bread
Herby Seed Bread
Home Made Bagels
Russian Black Bread
Rye Bread
Super Speedy Soda Bread

Learning to Bake

Finally, if you're super-enthusiastic about learning to bake bread well, check out this advert placed on Ooffoo by Bread Matters Ltd.