We live in a land of plenty with a surfeit of things to eat and where there are always more than thirty-one flavors of ice cream. This puts us at a peculiar disadvantage when it comes to understanding the basics of life. I like to go home to my parents or to Kathy's parents where eating is still a matter of the basics.
Bread still is the fundamental element of life.
They can still eat it and recall days when they had no bread. We could barely make a house payment. Eating out was a luxury. We thought we were making the ultimate sacrifices by staying home. It was in those days that we could take a loaf of bread and savor its simplicity.