Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-08-09
BAKERS BREAD.
a Few Facts About Somewhat Familiar
Article OF Food.

A Few Facts About Somewhat Familiar
Article Of Food.
Styles change in bread, as in every
thing else, and shapes that were more
or less familiar 10 years ago are now
not made at all. Every baker tries to
have something distinctive about his
output, and almost every baker thinks
his bread is the best. So everybody who
buys bakers bread knows there is really
q great difference in it in appearance and
In taste. The housewife makes wheat
bread of one kind of -four; the baker
makes it generally of three-two brands
Of spring wheat -four and one Of winter
wheat, mixed. with the result Of max
ing finer, whittier, smoother loaf. Bak-
ers do not all agree as to the exact pro-
portions in which these fiours should be
mixed.
Graham -four is made of the entire
grain Of the wheat ground up together;
gluten -four of that part of the wheat
grain which contains the gluten. Rye
graham flour is made of the entire grain
Of the rye; the rye -four used in the or
dinary rye bread is usually mixed with
wheat -four in proportions varying, from
little wheat up to half wheat OF the
bread sold in American bakeries about
85 per cent is wheat, the remaining 10
per cent being divided about equally
among graham, rye and gluten In Ger
man bakeries the proportion OF rye
bread sold is very much greater.
Bakers are all the time getting up
new shapes in bread, and there can
scarcely be said to be any absolutely
standard form, though there are some
that are practically so--the oblong, the
round, the long round, French stick,
Vienna stick and Vienna loaf. There
are now about 10 shapes that are more
or less commonly sold. And these breads
are made of about as many different
kinds Of dough. For instance, there is
q New England dough, a Vienna dough,
and so on, each being composed of a
different blend of materials and mixed
and handled differently.
Perhaps as nearly standard as any OF
these shapes is the one known as New
England. This is an oblong loaf with
square corners. Almost all of these
breads are made in different sizes. The
New England is made in at least five,
which are sold at cents, 8 cents, 10
cents, 20 cents and 30 cents. Usually
the 30 cent loaf is made to weigh a
trifie more than three 10 cent loaves
would weigh. The smallest sized New
England loaf is the one most sold, as
is the case with all breads made in
sizes, but the 8 cent and 10 cent loayes
are in large demand, and there is q
steady sale for the loaves at 25 and 30
cents The larger of the two big loaves
is sometimes cut in two and sold in
halves. The big loaves are sold tc
boarding houses and to private families
also. Some folks like a crust, and some
like the inside The big loaves are es,
pecially desirable for those who like the
inside They have proportionately tc
weight less crust than the smaller
loaves, and they can be SO cnt as to be
served in almost any form that may be
desired, with ernst or without.
Breads for hotels and restaurants are
generally made in special shap& They
use a shape corresponding to New Eng
land, and many restaurants that don'i
want SO much crust take a bread that Ii
made in loaves about Is inches II
length, and not very wide, baked MOI
separately, but laid close together, sc
that the loayes have crust ON the endi
only. Some hotels buy this kind oi
bread, but hotels generally use more
French bread and Vienna sticks. TAX
ing all the people together, old ant
young, it is probable that about three
quarters like their bread crusty. New
York Sun.