Wednesday, June 12, 2024

How Civilization Was Created By Bread



We know that grain agriculture led to human settlements, which led to communities and civilization. We also know that beer is almost as old as the early human settlements. But where does bread fit into all this history? It's looking more and more like bread came before any of those other things. Some folks in the Levant were making bread from wild grains, before anyone thought of raising crops deliberately. And beer, as ancient as it is, may have started out as an offspring of bread making, as it has the same ingredients. It would have been easy to use bread dough, or starter, as the catalyst that turned water into a tasty drink. Let's hear the latest findings about the history of our daily bread.  

2 comments:

Bicycle Bill said...

Just thought I'd mention ALCHEMY BREWING, a micro-brewery in Western Wisconsin with what must be the most perfect name imaginable for a company that takes common grain, water, and hops and converts it into a golden nectar that is, indeed, greater than the sum of its parts.

-"BB"-

Anonymous said...

Having more bread does not make you more civilized.
It might even indicate you're less civilized depending how you got it.
xoxoxoBruce