ASSIGNMENT: BREADS OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLD
Staple crops (wheat, rice, potato, corn) are often used by different cultures to make different types of breads. Most cultures have a distinctive type of bread such as French baguette, Greek pita, Jewish challah, Indian poori, Mexican tortilla, German rye bread, etc. Find and print out a separate bread recipe for each of the four main staples, wheat, rice, potatoes and corn. Remember, bread is not always in the shape of a loaf, but can be flat like a tortilla, or round like a muffin. On each recipe sheet, state the culture the recipe represents and if the staple came from the Old World or the New World. Use classroom cookbooks and these web sites to research this topic:
Seeds of Change: HISTORY: Where Food Crops Originated
Food TV � recipe search
Epicurious � recipe search |
