The Pullman loaf, sometimes called the "
sandwich loaf" or "pan bread", is a rectangular loaf of
white bread
White bread typically refers to breads made from wheat flour from which the bran and the germ layers have been removed from the whole wheatberry as part of the flour grinding or milling process, producing a light-colored flour.
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baked in a long, narrow, lidded pan. The French term for this style of loaf is , or, less commonly, .
European breadmakers began using square lidded pans in the early 19th century to minimize crust. Railway service pioneer
George Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman (car or coach), Pullman sleeping car and founded a Pullman, Chicago, company town in Chicago for t ...
chose the loaf for use on his
Pullman railcars for efficiency reasons. Three Pullman loaves occupied the same space as two standard round-topped loaves, thus maximizing the use of space in the small Pullman kitchen.
See also
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Bread pan
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Sandwich bread
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Sliced bread, with the whole loaf of bread sliced at once by machine, first used in 1928
References
{{American bread, British bread
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