1 Bread throughout History 8000 B.C. • Evidence in the Middle East of wheat being cultivated and harvested 6000 B.C. • Fossilized remains of bread loaves were dated to 6000 B.C. • They found naturally fermented flat bread 2600 B.C. • Egyptians leavened bread • Hieroglyphics show breadmaking • Evidence of emmer species of wheat • Egyptians developed 50 types of bread 1000 B.C. Invention of the wheel for grinding wheat into flour 240 B.C. First book of bread formulas
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Bread throughout History 8000 B.C.
• Evidence in theMiddle East of wheatbeing cultivated andharvested
6000 B.C.
• Fossilized remains ofbread loaves weredated to 6000 B.C.
• They found naturallyfermented flat bread
2600 B.C.• Egyptians leavened
bread• Hieroglyphics show
breadmaking• Evidence of emmer
species of wheat• Egyptians developed
50 types of bread
1000 B.C.
Invention ofthe wheel forgrindingwheat intoflour
240 B.C.
First book ofbreadformulas
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200 A.D. - Roman Empire
• Rome had a baker’sguild
• The guild was anorganized professionwith rules andregulations
Middle Ages
• After the Fall of theRoman Empire the artof breadmaking waslost until the MiddleAges
Baking 2005
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