June 2009
3 posts
“One bushel of wheat will produce 73 one-pound loaves of bread”
– bread facts
May 2009
29 posts
“Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below...”
– Bread is really really bad…but will that stop us from consuming it?
“More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.”
– Bread is bad, mkay?!
“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is...”
– M. F. K. Fisher, The Art of Eating
“Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes — in other words, essential!”
– Emily Post
“Breaking bread is a universal sign of peace.”
– Bread facts
“Each American consumes, on average, 53 pounds of bread per year.”
– Bread facts
Pan de Muerto, "Bread of the Dead"
In celebration of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, this bread is often shaped into skulls or round loaves with strips of dough rolled out and attached to resemble bones.
more info, including recipe here
“Bread is often a “gateway” food item, leading the user to “harder” items such as...”
– Bread is bad! (But tasty!)
Bread offering
At the end of the ceremonies at the Shaolin Temple, Buddhist Monk gathers an offering of Bread from the Altar of the Buddha. The Bread is placed on the Incense Burner outside the Shaolin Temple, to honor the Spririts Of The Dead.
“Without bread all is misery.”
– William Cobbett, British journalist (1763?-1835)
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“Bread and butter is a superstitious phrase from the 19th and early 20th...”
– wikipedia
“Honest bread is very well - it’s the butter that makes the temptation.”
– Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857)
“Acorns were good till bread was found.”
– Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman (1561-1626)
“I would kill for bread”
– K. Buttler
“There is not enough butter.”
– Brad E.
