Bread, a loaf affair

[glasshouse]

Bbcfour hd now
Rationing

 

[chaffcutter]

Interesting angle on the politics of bread supply over the years

 

[glasshouse]

Interesting angle on the politics of bread supply over the years

I enjoyed the bit about rationing bread during ww2and the plough up campaign, very apt as we leave the eu
The wartime brown loaf was healthy, unlike the mass produced white crap they made afterwardd

 

[Pan mixer]

Interesting how the bakers want to sell as much moisture as they can to keep the weight up and as much air as they can as it makes the loaves loo nice and feel springy, all around a nice programme compared with some of the crap on currently.

 

[manhill]

Interesting how the bakers want to sell as much moisture as they can to keep the weight up and as much air as they can as it makes the loaves loo nice and feel springy, all around a nice programme compared with some of the crap on currently.

Almost as bad as milk processors skimming the cream and selling the skimmed at the same price as full fat.

 

[DeeGee]

Pretty grim viewing the early days of the sweaty baker and his pet rodents and all the attendant creepy crawlies.

 

[glasshouse]

Pretty grim viewing the early days of the sweaty baker and his pet rodents and all the attendant creepy crawlies.

At least bread had flavour then!

 

[PostHarvest]

Interesting how the bakers want to sell as much moisture

Its a common saying in food processing that the most profitable part of the operation is the water tap. Wheat has to be dampened/conditioned to allow the bran to be pealed off in large flakes, if its too dry, the bran is just dust. Supermarket meat is deliberately injected with water to increase the weight which in my view is completely dishonest. But how many farmers sell grain at 10% moisture content when the merchants spec is 12.5%?

 

[glasshouse]

Its a common saying in food processing that the most profitable part of the operation is the water tap. Wheat has to be dampened/conditioned to allow the bran to be pealed off in large flakes, if its too dry, the bran is just dust. Supermarket meat is deliberately injected with water to increase the weight which in my view is completely dishonest. But how many farmers sell grain at 10% moisture content when the merchants spec is 12.5%?

If they had a watering machine they wouldnt