French Baguette
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French bread / Baguette
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Ineke Mentink |
Introduction
On a sign of an old bakery was once written:
¨Bread is life, pastry the sunny side of it¨.
Arnhem has chosen for the sunny side: it came up with ¨Arnhems meisje¨
(Arnhem´s girl) - a well-known biscuit: puff-pastry with sugar on top.
In Arnhem a special flour is for sale: ¨miser flour¨. It is a mixture of
leftover wheat + rye + maize. This mixture flour is being ground in a watermill
dating back from 1470. After many years of not being used they started re-using
it in 1985. Apart from this mill there is a windmill dating from 1849.
Both mills grind many varieties of corn. Yet there isn't anything like
¨regional Arnhems bread¨.
In view of ¨French bread¨ we will have a closer look at the expression ¨Bread
is life, pastry the sunny side of it¨.
History
On the basis of 3 family photos
(which state my commitment) dating 1952, 1972 and 2002 we will show you
some social developments in the Netherlands[ ].
Between 1950 and 1960 only 57% of the Dutch went on holiday, most of them
stayed in the Netherlands. Those who went abroad took pictures of things
they could not by in their own country.
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First
introduction of French bread in 1952. |
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