Comments on: When is bread more than bread?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:39:02 +0000

Ryan – I had a lot of fun and could certainly kept going on the varieties.

Leela – Thanks. I agree, there are just too many takes, and I was afraid of getting into a monster post, but there is plenty of topics for future posts. It is fascinating and as Tangled Noodle pointed out Asian bread does not immediately come to mind – why is that ?

Christine – I think I am addicted to ginger bread, its just so darn tasty and good for you too!

By: Christine@Christine's Recipes

Christine@Christine's Recipes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:27:50 +0000

Oh, I believe that gingerbread men are so popular in Australia that every kid would have eaten once at least, maybe some are addictive to this bread.

By: Leela@SheSimmers

Leela@SheSimmers — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:04:32 +0000

Great post, LouAnn. There are several other symbolic/ceremonial uses of bread that I can think of: the significance of unleavened bread and the so-called “shew bread” as part of the Temple accoutrements in the Jewish tradition, the kind of bread originally used in the Eucharist, etc. Fascinating topic.

By: Rylan @ Art and Appetite

Rylan @ Art and Appetite — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:28:46 +0000

Thank you for sharing the different types of breads around the work. You are soooo funny about the Animal Crackers, hehehe!

I think my favorite in this list is the Jewish one. It looks soo good. I wonder if someone can make it for me.

This is worth all the read. Thanks for sharing!

I love all the wealth of information on your site.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:21:50 +0000

Lisa – Thanks =)

TN – Agreed, thank goodness for the opportunity to opportunity/excuse to sample breads that the holidays provide. To your point about lack of bread examples in Asia, agreed, none really come to mind. You are right, there are certainly a lot of pastries with mean, like the mooncakes that I recently wrote about http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2009/10/03/giving-thanks-with-mooncakes

DS – Thanks, I agree, there are so many options, and you are right, hot cross buns is a great example, there are just so many out there, that I may need to do a second post.

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:15:12 +0000

What a feast of bread and culture! I had some vague awareness of the significance and history of gingerbread but you’ve filled in a lot of blanks for me. Another bread of religious significance here would be hot cross buns – sweet yeasted rolls that have a pastry cross on top and are served at Easter as a reminder of the events that Easter commemorates. I actually see that hot cross buns are available year-round here now which somehow seems wrong to me!

By: Gera @ SweetsFoods

Gera @ SweetsFoods — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:14:30 +0000

Pan-Bread is a gift of the Gods! Now matter the culture is essential! Terrific post showing us different breads across diverse cultures.. mmm I can eat all of them…..and need to make a triathlon to compensate

Cheers!

Gera

By: zerrin

zerrin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:52:43 +0000

Just another great post! It’s great to learn the role of bread in different cultures and interesting to learn how it is related to death and diseased ones. But I still can’t understand why people want to give the shape of human body or its parts to their bread, definitely disturbing.

Bread is so important in Turkish culture that even if it goes bad, throwing it away is thought to be a kind of sin. And if someone sees a piece of bread on the street, he is supposed to take it kiss it and put it on his forehead, repeat this three times and then put the bread on a wall or on something high. This shows that bread has undoubtly a different place in our culture.

By: Tangled Noodle

Tangled Noodle — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:13 +0000

I love bread! It’s interesting to note that with the exception of the Thai breads (very dismaying and not quite the thing to whet the appetite), there are few instances of the bread symbolism from Asia, although there are pastries that carry important meanings. I would’ve had a pan de muerta this past weekend but I stuffed myself silly with lengua tacos and didn’t leave any room! Thank goodness there are other bread-related holidays to come . . .

By: lisaiscooking

lisaiscooking — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:17 +0000

As I read about Rosca de Reyes, I wondered if you’d include King cake, and of course you did! It’s so interesting to see the similarities between different customs and celebrations. This was a fun read.