IT 4170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Focaccia, Fertile Crescent, White Bread
21 Mar 2017
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Brief history of bread - lecture 3 january 18. The early stages: upper paleolithic- grinded wild barely, fertile crescent- wild wheat stored in caves, 320 bce- agricultural; centralized. Egypt: brewers yeast, 15, bread as salary. Renaissance: xvi c- corporation of bakers in florence, milan, cenice- strict controls (if, famines and epidemics- bread and wheat scarcity, heavy taxes by landlords and rulers. Industrial wheat production: extensive wheat cultivation in usa -> white bread for all social classes. Pre wwii: battle for grain during fascism, domestic production and land reclamation (mussilini) Northern italy breads: michetta (lombarsia) from austrian influence (recipe changed because it was too humid in milano) Central italy bread: pane di mais- corn flour (marche, pane del marianio- sailors bread biscotto with anise seed, ruota ubra- whole wheat (umbria) panis-quadratus, filone toscano-sciapo (toscana) no salt, either whole wheat or white flour.
