The Best Breads From Around The World
Bread is one of mankind’s oldest
foodstuffs, and there’s a reason that this ancient
victual outlasted many of it’s contemporaries
that goes beyond mass extinctions and the evolutionary
decline of the human appendix. Yes, those prehistoric
bakers knew that when they’d discovered bread
they’d found the greatest things since sliced…well,
slicing. And as the human race spread around
the world like clarified butter on hot naan,
they took their love of bread with them. Today
the countless tasty breads of the world offer
a fabulous variety of bread to choose from,
from the flat breads of the far east, to the
hearty old world breads, to the tropical fruit
breads of the new world. The following list
is just a sampling of the very Best Breads From
Around the World!
· Banana Bread: The tastiest thing
to come out of Jamaica since Cindy Wright, this
delightful bread was born in the Caribbean tropics.
· Bread Pudding: Popular in Merry
Olde England since the days of the Merry Olde
Black Plague, this is the treat Tiny Tim would
give is gimpy left leg for.
· Corn Bread: No visit to the
American south is complete until you eat 3 things,
namely BBQ, grits and delicious, buttery Corn
Bread.
· Cuban Bread: This crunchy bread
is the base for the mouthwatering Cubano, or
Cuban sandwich, in which ham, roast pork, cheese
and pickle achieve apotheosis.
· Focaccia Bread: Thick, warm,
doughy and flavorful, this predecessor of pizza
dough is the best thing the Mediterranean has
produced since democracy.
· French Bread: The ultimate dinner-bread,
and what a shape; between baguettes and the
Eiffel Tower, it’s no wonder Paris is though
of as the city of love.
· Fry Bread: This Native American
bread is so much a part of modern Indian culture
it’s practically a culture hero…and it’s also
delicious.
· Irish Soda Bread: There are
a million variations of this staple of the Emerald
Isle, but the simple, yeast-free original has
been pleasing pallets since the 1840’s.
· Italian Bread: The other ultimate
dinner bread, perfect with a little butter,
a little cheese, maybe some garlic and/or tomato
sauce and a box of antacids.
· Naan: A scrumptious flat bread
that no Indian meal can do without, and a way
to relieve the sting when you tell the chef
you want the really spicy curry.
· Pita Bread: This falafel pocket
from the Promised Land is adaptable and yummy,
and keeps the food in your hand and not on you
pants.
· Rye Bread: This dark and hearty
bread comes from Germany, and is the perfect
match for Black Forest Ham.
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