Hello, hello, ,
I have noticed that Germans eat a lot of bread. At least I think they do - there are heaps of bakeries and they must make a profit, or they would close.
I'm happy that there are so many bakeries because I eat a lot of bread. I always have.
However, 'good' bread for you is probably different to my idea of 'good' bread.
In Australia, most bread is made with wheat flour - 'white' bread. We also have 'brown' bread ('wholemeal' bread). This is still made from wheat, but the outside of the wheat seed is ground up and left in the flour.
Bakeries also made bread with whole seeds mixed through the dough (1). We usually had some whole grain bread in our house. In fact, when I was in Years 11 and 12 at school, I was well-known for my 'budgie bread' (2) sandwiches!
Australian bread is mostly very light and soft. A German lady who had a holiday in Australia complained and said it was like eating tissue paper.
At home when I was young, Mum regularly made bread. She used wholemeal flour. Her bread was never soft like bread from a shop. Nevertheless, her bread, warm from the oven with salted butter was absolutely delicious. I'm getting hungry just writing about it 😋!
It wasn't just Mum making the bread. I sometimes helped and could soon do it by myself. We usually made a loaf, but especially on Saturdays we also made bread rolls.
I liked the process of making bread. We mixed it with our hands and then kneaded (3) it. Kneading the dough was fun, sort of relaxing. So, in my first flat I made bread once a week.
Now I eat German bread. Here the bread is often made with rye flour, so it is heavier than my family's homemade bread! I don't like the flavour of rye bread. However, there are breads with a mixture of wheat and rye flours, so I buy one of these. I think 'mixed' bread is nicer than white bread!
What do you think about bread? Is it part of your daily diet, something you can't do without? Do you like some types of bread more than others? Any tips for buying bread here in Germany? I'd love to hear what you think...
Have a great week,
Andrea
(1) dough = Teig. 'Dough' sounds similar to 'no'.
(2) budgie (short form of budgerigar) = little parrots, often kept as pets. My sandwiches looked like bird food!
(3) knead = kneten? 'Knead' sounds the same as 'need' (silent 'k')
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