Yet we are still indulging our self in Paris

crunch-time (51)in #foods • 7 years ago

Baguette, who doesn't know one?

Hearing the word 'Baguette', a hardy long bread pops in our mind, yeah, who doesn't know this iconic bread, mustache, and a very expensive coffee .. That is so French, no we're no going into stereotyping here, no I doesn't welcome that kinda etiquette. Yet we are doing it anyway, ヾ(｀・ω・´)ノ

So, what is Baguette?

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So, who doesn't know this long, slender, and dusty bread? I'm sure there is at least some of them are, but I just want to emphasize it anyway lol,

So here's how it went, The word Baguette itself is meant wand, baton, or even a stick like object and it refers in the shape of the bread it self. This then became the term of this thin, yet round sticks of bread we know today, in the early twentieth century, its relatively new to the outside of french yes.

But the real history took back much further, like no one knows exactly when or why this French originated load took its shape （　´∀｀）, like what? but of course history connect each other if goes in careful further inspection, there are several stories, and even a laws that is actually gives a further clue about this baguette chronicle!

I choose to started this part as if not confusing enough already

Revolt!

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continues on the article respectively, One patriotic tale explains the possible origin of the baguette, but no, not explaining the shape here, by then linking it to the French Revolution. Lack of bread was the principle complaint from the people of Paris and it is absolutely played as a big part or an excuse to overthrow of the monarchy. Bread was the mainstay of the French diet and they were tired of watching the nobles eat well I say, a greedy amount of fine white loaves while the faced a shortages and had to make do with bread that was barely edible, I seriously got on my nerve while skimming this article (ノ▽〃)

Then Continues on the Revolt, making sure everyone had quality daily bread as it was their daily basis since then, there is a point you need to see it yourself since this article is very lloooong, since the next point will literally separate into 2 other point, not like I'm lazy or anything else haha.

So, I had to cut it drastically to the point whenever and whatever reason the first wand-shaped bread then appeared, by the mid 1800s in paris, like they literally everywhere. But these weren't the French loaves we see today. No they were "Baguettes on steroids". Many foreign visitors marvelled the extraordinary lengths of the Parisian bread they say, it is not like you think, They were described as 6 feet or two metres loaves of bread, being delivered by women carrying them stacked horizontally in a frame on their backs like firewood, yes. Its very huge, not like the baguettes we seen today.

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Bread has always been very important to the French, and the centuries, it was their main food source. Today, even thought the bread it self is acted as an accompaniment to a meal instead as the main course, it still plays an important part in French life - and the most popular bread in France is the Baguette..
its too long, I had to cut this and there, like I have to point out the most of main interest in the history , I suggest you to see the whole story here, quick!

"The main purpose of this steem is that solely as the educational purpose as it is respectively taken its way of delivering it as it was a story telling, the fun and non-tiring way of bringing a brief history, all credits should be directed to the original source provided in the very last word as it was highlighted as an Hyperlink"

#history #french #bread

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