An interesting fact is that bread appeared more than 15 thousand years ago. Even in prehistoric times, our ancestors mined grains and chewed them without doing anything with them. A little later, they learned to rub them against a stone and thanks to this they got almost modern flour. And bread in the Stone Age was a liquid slurry, which consisted of water and flour. Then, when people learned how to make fire, the first bread cakes appeared. This is how small grains saved humanity from starvation.
But the Egyptians, who once built pyramids 5-6 thousand years ago, started to bake the first bread, invented the dough fermentation quite by accident. One of the workers left a liquid slurry on a warm stove and in the morning discovered soft dough, which made far from good bread.
But the ancient Greeks came up with the name of the bread thanks to the vessel in which they cooked the bread. Such a vessel was called "klibanos". After that, different peoples began to interpret this name: “khlaib”, “khlib”, “leib”.
Different nations baked bread in different ways. In ancient Egypt they baked from wheat, the ancient Greeks made fermented bread. There were many different ways and types of bread in antiquity.
Also, bread was something unusual among some peoples. In ancient India, there were beliefs that a person who does not eat bread will be unhappy. And the criminals were punished by not giving bread for food. And even in our time, Indians have bread in a big way.
In the Middle Ages, Europeans considered bread to be royal food. Therefore, King Henry added to his titles the most popular title - "King of Bread". At the same time, the use of bread was widespread throughout all strata of society.
Nowadays, there are several hundred types of bread. In all countries, it is an integral part of any table. No wonder "bread is the head of everything."
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Our ancestors said that bread is the head of everything, considering it the most important attribute of feasts. And they were right: even if your lunch consists only of bread, you are guaranteed to fill up. After all, this product contains all the starches, fats and proteins necessary for the body.
The attitude to bread has always been very respectful. Many nations still have a tradition of eating all the bread to the crumbs and finding use even for stale pieces, since throwing bread away is a sin. Many folk omens are also associated with bread. It is believed that you can not leave a piece of bread on the table, lying crust down - you will scare away good luck. And the ancient Scandinavians believed that if a guy and a girl accidentally bite off one piece, they will certainly tie the knot.
Bread in one form or another is present in the diet of all peoples of the world. It just looks and is called differently. For Russians, this is a loaf, for Caucasians - lavash, for Jews - matzah, for Germans - pretzel. This list could go on for a very long time.
The very first bread was made not from cereals, but from acorns. And where oaks did not grow, flour was made from nuts.
Many unusual records from the Guinness Book are associated with bread. For example, the real giant among the rolls appeared in 1996 in the Mexican Acapulco. Local bakers baked a miracle product more than nine kilometers long. And the bun for the most hastily was made in just over eight minutes. This time was enough not only for cooking: the authors of the record began by gathering the wheat growing in the field and grinding the grains into flour. 
There is a popular belief that eating bread in large quantities - the right way ruin the shape. Meanwhile, supporters of the so-called "bread diets" believe that you can eat only bread and lose extra kilos. Where is the truth? Probably somewhere nearby...
The story of the raisin bun makes us both squeamishly wince and smile. It is known that a certain Filippov was considered one of the most famous bakers from the time of Nicholas II. One day, the famous baker was very embarrassed: a cockroach accidentally got into the dough intended for saiches, which a high-ranking military official was very fond of. The poor baker was called “on the carpet” and indignantly showed him the damaged product. Filippov did not lose his head: he declared that the dark brown "surprise" in the muffin was an ordinary zest. And he immediately proved his words with deeds: he ate the ill-fated bun, thereby destroying the evidence. And when the storm passed, I thought, why not really try putting raisins in buns ...
The "king" of modern fast food - the sandwich - was also invented by a very specific person: the Earl of Sandwich. The aristocrat liked to have a bite to eat while playing cards, and so that the meat would not stain his fingers, he came up with the idea of putting it as a “filling” between two slices of bread.
Approximately half of the bread that is eaten every day around the world goes to making sandwiches. By the way, every day humanity "destroys" more than 9 million loaves.
Some more interesting facts about bread and bakery:
1. The fastest bun
The laurels for making the fastest bun belong to the bakers from Wheat Montana Farms and Bakery, whose record was entered in the Guinness Book of Records in 1995. They reaped wheat in the field, ground it into flour, and then kneaded it, shaped it into a loaf, and baked it in 8 minutes and 13 seconds.
2. Bread was invented by mistake
Bread was invented by mistake over 7,500 years ago. The first loaf was made by an ancient Egyptian who accidentally left a mixture of flour and water in a warm oven overnight. When he returned, he found a soft dough, much more appetizing than the hard cakes he was trying to make.
3. Bread should not be stale
Restaurateurs know that visitors subconsciously rate a restaurant by its bread. If the bread is served stale, the visitor will not come here again.
4. Black bread is one of the most effective remedies for anemia
Rye bread contains 30% more iron, twice as much potassium and three times more magnesium than baked goods. wheat flour. Coronary disease and other cardiovascular diseases are much less common in people who use products made from dark flour. 
5. The French consume 67 kg of bread a year
The French consume 67 kg of bread per year per capita - the highest figure in Europe.
6. The biggest loaf in the world
The largest loaf in the world was registered on Sofiyivska Square in Kyiv and entered the Guinness Book of Records. The loaf was baked especially for the "Feast of Bread and Harvest". Its weight was 150 kg, height - 65 cm, and the diameter of the champion was 160 cm.
7. Portrait of mother-in-law from 9,852 toasts
An artist from the city of Warrington in Cheshire decided to give her beloved mother-in-law Sandra Whitefield an original and memorable gift for her 50th birthday - she folded a mosaic portrait of her mother-in-law from 9,852 toasts, which took 600 loaves of bread.
8. The first bakery in St. Petersburg was founded in 1704.
9. The biggest loaf of bread
The largest loaf of bread weighing 1.43 tons was made by Sasko in Johannesburg on March 18, 1988. 
10. Saint Honoré
The French saint, patron saint of bakers and bakers is Saint Honoré.
11. Bread bedroom
The world famous artist Salvador Dali had a bedroom made of bread!
12. Bread Unit
Bread Unit (XE)- a carbohydrate unit, which is also a conventional unit developed by German nutritionists, is used to approximate the amount of carbohydrates in foods: one XE is equal to 10 (excluding dietary fiber) or 12 grams (including ballast substances) of carbohydrates or 20 (25) g of bread. 
13. "Paklevalnaya" bread
"Paklevalnaya" bread- this term means Rye bread from fine flour. In the 19th century, "peklevannik" was the language of the majority of the population of the capital. Funtiki 400 g were given in state educational institutions.
14. Famous lines about the "Road of Life"
“Dear life, bread came to us,
Dear friendship of many to many.
Not yet known on earth
A scarier and more joyful road "...
Olga Berggolts
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According to archaeologists, the first bread was made from acorns. For the first time, cereals were used as food around 15,000 BC in Central Asia. Perhaps during a hunt or a walk, wheat seeds were found. Soon people began to build their dwellings near wheat fields, learned to mix pureed seeds with water, and then bake the resulting mixture on flat hot stones. Around 1000 BC, people began to use potassium carbonate and sour milk to make the first bread.
Around 2600-3000 BC, the Egyptians learned to use yeast to make bread. They also invented the first bread ovens. The Greeks learned how to bake bread thanks to the Egyptians, the Romans thanks to the Greeks. The Romans improved the process of bread production, the process of grinding grains, created new ovens. By AD 100, the Romans had spread their bread-baking skills throughout Europe. In the Middle Ages, almost all European cities had bakeries.
Bread was and remains one of the essential products in the world. Take, for example, the history of Australia. Many of the first settlers were exiled to this mainland for stealing bread. Flour was the most important food raw material in the state markets. The first bakery was opened by a resident of Sydney, John Palmer, who came to Australia on a warship.
Bread production relied on manual, manufacturing labor until the early 1900s. In 1908, in Milbourne, this process was first mechanized with the help of machinery.
Now back to Russia. In Russia, the main type of bread was sour black bread. They also baked sieve (the flour was sifted through a sieve) and white from grains. But ordinary people, hardly, could even afford to taste “Boyarsky” bread for the holiday. Bread was highly valued. Therefore, there was a respectful attitude towards bakers. In some countries, they were even exempt from taxes. In lean years, bread was worth its weight in gold, all kinds of vegetable additives were mixed into flour. In 1638, according to the census, there were 2367 artisans in Moscow, of which: 52 bread bakers, 43 baked gingerbread, 7 pancakes, 12 baked sieve bread. At that time, there were many bakeries in Moscow called “bread huts”. At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th, pretzels, bagels, bagels, and rolls were popular in Russia.
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The very first bread that scientists found on earth was in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses III, who lived 1200 years before our era. At that time, even for the ruler, they baked it from grains ground with hand millstones in the form of coarse unleavened cakes. They were not very tasty, and such a cake could only be gnawed by soaking it in water. An even more ancient method is considered to be the preparation of stew or porridge from crushed or coarsely ground grains.
This type of bread has been preserved in the form of some folk dishes even today: for example, Italian polenta or Romanian hominy, millet porridge in the south of our country or buckwheat in the north of France, in Brittany and Normandy. The cultured peoples of antiquity were already able to bake bread from sourdough: the inhabitants of Asia Minor, Ancient Greece and Rome.
But such bread came to Western Europe at the beginning of the Middle Ages. Our country has always been famous for its amazing ability to bake a variety of breads. In the XVI-XVII centuries, small Moscow bakeries were called "bread huts", and larger enterprises were called "bread chambers". In the Moscow Kremlin stood the sovereign's "bread palace". What masters didn’t bake: loaves of sitnoy, saika, kalachi, rich buns and rolls, rolls, rolls of all shapes and sizes. But... basically it was a product for the rich.
The common people could afford only rye bread, which fed the peasant tightly, without cheating.
The profession of a baker, an ancient and very important profession in cities, was also respected. Good bakers were rich people.
But those who intentionally made goods of poor quality were severely punished. Even in Byzantium, they were shaved bald, put at the pillory, flogged with whips and even expelled ...
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"In every grain of wheat, in every crumb of bread there is work" - a summary of the thematic lesson (topic: "Bread is the head of everything!" author Meltsaeva Nadezhda Fedorovna, teacher of the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 8 with. Novoe" Suzdal district, Vladimir region
This lesson "There is work in every grain of wheat, in every crumb of bread" was held as part of the thematic week "Bread is the head of everything!" .The goal is to cultivate respect for the work of grain growers and respect ...
"Bread is the head of everything" Scenario of the final holiday for two preparatory groups within the framework of the short-term project "Bread is the head of everything"
"Bread is the head of everything" Scenario of the final holiday for two preparatory groups within the framework of the short-term project "Bread is the head of everything" Purpose: Raising a careful attitude to bread, respect ...
Of course, everyone knows what bread is and how it looks. Now you can bake bread without any problems at home - in a bread machine or just in the oven. There are many recipes for delicious fragrant bread, but we will not talk about them.
Today bread will appear before us from a different side, from the one with which we know little of it. All the best for your attention interesting about bread- Curious, interesting, little-known and simply noteworthy facts about this product.
Deserved respect of people enjoys since ancient times. In many countries of Asia and Europe, a tradition has been preserved to this day, according to which even spoiled bread cannot be thrown away. Mankind got acquainted with this product in the Neolithic era - more than 10,000 years ago. People began to bake the first, primitive bread as soon as they learned how to make and maintain fire.
"Meal'n'Real!". This famous slogan and stable turnover came to us from ancient Rome. It was these two things that the very poor living population demanded; people could do without the rest. And our ancestors said this: "bread is the head of everything."
Currently, more than 20 main varieties of bread and about a hundred lesser known ones are known. From loaf and pretzel to lavash and matzah.
In the old days, our Slavic ancestors baked bread not only from cereals - rye, barley, and wheat, but also from ... acorns. Collected acorns were ground into flour from which cakes were baked. Later, the Slavs used nuts for the same purposes.
For most peoples, bread has long been associated with hard work. And this is not surprising, given that in the past, the process of making bread was incredibly labor-intensive. After all, everything from sowing wheat to harvesting, and then baking, was done by hand.
The largest loaf of bread was baked in Mexico in 1996, in the city of Acapulco. Its length was more than 9 kilometers! This is where it took a lot of work and ingredients, but the result was a world record.
A kind of record was set by bakers from Wheat Montana Farms and Bakery. They baked the “fastest” bun, namely, they reaped wheat in the field, ground it into flour, kneaded the dough, formed a loaf out of it, baked it - and all this in 8 minutes 13 seconds. It happened in 1995.
There is a widespread belief that bread and similar foods make you fat. However, now there are many effective "bread", which perfectly fight extra pounds.
Something interesting about bread, lies in the names of some bakery products. So, the word "baton" comes from the French word "stick". And indeed, the loaf appearance looks like a thick stick. And round, like wheels, rolls in Russian appeared from a common root - “kolo”. But the word "bun" is Polish. The analogy here is as follows: “Bulla” is the seal of the Pope, which sealed important decrees. This seal was of the same round shape as the Polish roll. Well, the word "saika" has Estonian roots.
The word "sai" in translation from the Estonian language means "white". It is with this type of bread that one interesting story is connected, which happened in Russia in the distant times of the reign of Nicholas II. Here is how it was. Filippov, who was one of the most famous bakers of that time, received an order to urgently report to the Governor-General. It turned out that a baked cockroach was found in the bread supplied by Filipov. However, the resourceful baker, not at a loss, and without batting an eye, said that it was not a cockroach at all, but an ordinary raisin, after which he defiantly ate his bread with a cockroach. The incident was successfully settled, and the baker, who returned home safely, ordered his workers to add some raisins to the bread.
ancient folk omen one of the countries of Northern Europe says that if a girl and a young man, even if by accident, bite off a piece from the same loaf, roll or loaf, they are destined to fall in love with each other and get married.
An ancient superstition claims that bread turned upside down will inevitably lead to bad luck. It is also considered bad luck to leave one piece of bread uneaten. But, the bread baked for Christmas, according to belief, will never grow moldy.
Something else interesting about bread, or rather about its varieties: at first, the rich and wealthy sections of medieval society, as a rule, preferred to eat White bread, and black bread was considered the lot of the poor. Now the situation has changed. Today, the rich are increasingly buying black bread, but less wealthy people eat white. By the way, in reality, rye bread is more nutritious and healthy than white bread.
But in Moldova there is also gray bread. Molasses, cumin and other ingredients are added to it. They say that this bread is delicious, albeit somewhat unusual.
We eat over 9,000,000 loaves of bread every day. This amount of bread can make 90 million sandwiches. By the way, about 50% of all bread goes to sandwiches. In America, the most popular ham sandwich, and in England - cheese.
Also very interesting. According to one version, the sandwich was invented by the famous Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus ... for medical purposes.
Sandwiches, they closed sandwiches named after the famous Earl of Sandwich, an avid gambler. It was he who thought of putting meat between two slices of bread, and for purely practical purposes - so as not to get his hands dirty while playing.
I don’t know about you, but I really love bread and all sorts of pies and buns. I bring to your attention a selection of interesting facts about bread.
- In Acapulco in 1996 they baked the largest loaf. Its length was 9200 meters.
- Archaeologists have found the most ancient traces of the creation of bread. Findings indicate that people began to sow wheat before ceramics and iron were invented.
- There are currently approximately 20 different varieties of bread.
- Researchers have calculated that all of humanity on Earth eats at least 9 million loaves of bread every day. It was also found that approximately 90 million sandwiches can be made from this amount.
- The combine harvests enough wheat to bake 70 loaves of bread in 9 seconds.
- Historians have found out that the first bun was baked by the Egyptians about 8,000 years ago - the baker accidentally left the flour diluted with water overnight, and in the morning he found a cake there.
- From 50% of all baked bread in the world, people make sandwiches. The most favorite sandwich of the British is with cheese, and the Americans - with ham.
- an interesting fact about bread, there is a record of the most fast food bread product. In 8 minutes, bakers from the United States managed to collect wheat from the field, grind it into flour, knead the dough and bake a bun.
- During the Second World War, blockade bread contained 15% paper, about 9% cake, 3% of what was left in the bags, 1.5% needles, etc. He was sent to the front and to the occupied cities.
- Nutritionists have calculated that, on average, bread carbohydrates are digested by 94 - 98%, bread fats by about 95%, and proteins by 70-87%. This indicator decreases in accordance with the type of flour.
- Judging by the number of references to bread in the Bible, it ranks first among other plants.
- During the hungry 1920s, money depreciated so much that the authorities decided to issue bread checks instead. 1 check was equal to approximately 16 kg of bread.
- It has been scientifically proven that bread is the only product that people of all religions and nationalities eat and appreciate all over the world.
- The taste and aroma of bread are formed due to more than 300 substances that appear during the fermentation of the dough, layering and during baking.
- Nutritionists have concluded that bread provides the human body's needs for vegetable fats by 38%, and in phospholipids - by 25%.
- It has been estimated that bread is mentioned 56 times in Genesis, 88 times in the Gospels, and 23 times in the Psalter.
- Eating bread products almost completely satisfies the human need for iron, as well as phosphorus, manganese.
