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Pandemic Baking
During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, home baking experienced an explosion of interest, which was termed pandemic baking, lockdown baking, or quarantine baking. The increase in home baking sparked by the pandemic outlasted the lockdowns, resulting in an overall increase in interest in home baking. The most popular bakes were breads; due to yeast shortages, Sourdough, sourdough breads were particularly popular in some areas and Unleavened bread, unleavened breads or breads leavened with baking soda, baking powder, or beer were also popular. Background Baking-aisle sales had been flat since 2016. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many workers into Remote work, working remotely or being unable to work at all; in both cases, people who had previously spent many hours a day away from home were home full time. Many newly-homebound workers developed hobbies during the pandemic that they hadn't previously had time to pursue. Baking was one of the most popular. Bread and Viennoiserie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sourdough Bread
Sourdough is a type of bread that uses the fermentation, fermentation by naturally occurring yeast and lactobacillaceae, lactobacillus bacteria to raise the dough. In addition to leavening the bread, the fermentation process produces lactic acid, which gives the bread its distinctive sour taste and improves its keeping-qualities. History Sourdough is one of the most ancient forms of bread. It was the standard method of breadmaking for most of human history until the Middle Ages, when it was replaced by barm. Barm, in turn, was replaced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by industrially produced baker's yeast. The ''Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology'' states: "One of the oldest sourdough breads dates from 3700 BCE and was excavated in Switzerland, but the origin of sourdough fermentation likely relates to the origin of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent and Egypt several thousand years earlier", and "Bread production relied on the use of sourdough as a leavening agent for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
