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Bread has been around for a long time, and the role of a baker has been around just as long. Bread
has been found in Egyptian tombs, and the Greeks and Romans had bread as a major food in their diet.
Wheat was grown in Mesopotamia and Egypt, and was merely chewed. Later it was discovered it could
be pulverized and made into a paste, and set over a fire the paste would bake into a flat bread which would keep for several
days.
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Napoleon gave a common bread its name when he demanded a loaf of dark rye bread for his horse during
the Prussian campaign. "Pain pour Nicole," he ordered, which meant "Bread for Nicole," his horse. To Germanic ears, the request
sounded like "pumpernickel," which is the term we use today for this traditional loaf.
Scandinavian traditions hold that if a boy and eat from the
same loaf, they are bound to fall in love.
In Russia, bread (and salt) are symbols of welcome.
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