Bread A kidcyber links page Thousands of years ago, humans mixed together flour and water and baked it on an open fire. This was a very early form of bread. Flat bread is called 'unleavened bread'. The ancient Egyptians started using a wild yeast to make bread rise. This is called 'leavened bread.' They developed ovens in which several loaves of bread could be baked at once.The Romans also baked leavened bread, and Roman bakeries baked a variety of kinds of bread. It wasn't until the 1800s that yeast was identified as a plant-like organism. It is the way bread is leavened because yeast produces a gas that raises the dough. In 1928 the bread slicer was invented so that sliced bread became a product people could buy. At about the same time the electric toaster was invented. There are many different kinds of bread, mostly made with wheat flour. There are different breads in different countries and cultures. There are many leavened and unleavened breads. For information about bread, go to these sites: http://oror.essortment.com/historybread_rdyd.htm http://www.awb.com.au/aboutawb/communityeducation/historyofbread/ http://www.hungrymonster.com/FoodFacts/Food_Facts.cfm?Phrase_vch=Bread&fid=5277%20 http://www.everydiet.org/articles/bread.htm http://www.bakeinfo.co.nz/school/school_info/types_of_bread.php http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/feature/famf010502_ffpower/famf010502_ffpower.html Unleavened breads (flatbreads) http://www.foodsubs.com/Flatbread.html Acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this: Bread (2007). [Online], Available: www.kidcyber.com.au October 2007 © kidcyber Back to Food