1. Introduction of French baguette

French baguette originated in France. The baguette has its own distinctive features in the bread industry: most of its shapes are long sticks, and there are five oblique cuts on the bread. Authentic baguettes must be made of flour, water, salt and yeast, and nothing else will be added.

There are several theories about the origin of baguettes:

One theory is that when the subway was built in France at that time, in order to save workers' eating time and facilitate cutting, bakers made bread into long sticks.

The second point is that during the Napoleonic period, soldiers needed to carry dry food when fighting. But the round bread is not convenient for soldiers to carry, so the chef makes the bread into long strips, which is convenient for soldiers to carry around.

Another thing is that in 192, there was a law in France requiring bakers not to work before four o'clock in the morning. Everyone wants to eat bread for breakfast. In order to save the fermentation time of bread, the chef abandoned the round bread and made it into a long strip bread, which can shorten the fermentation time, that is, a baguette.

Up to now, although the origin of the baguette has been unknown, the French people's love for it is obvious to all. Whether it is in the movie or the star's street shooting, the baguette in his hand represents people's recognition of it.

Second, cognitive differences

Since ancient times, French baguettes have played no less important roles in French life than rice in the south of China and steamed bread in the north. In other words, the baguette is a staple food on the French table.

according to everyone's taste, a hard baguette without sweetened milk doesn't seem to be delicious. This is because in the long-term life of most of us, bread is a snack, a convenient food with various tastes, and it will always be soft and delicious to eat, not a baguette, which has become harder and harder since it was baked, not only hard to bite, but also not rich in taste.

So if it is a snack, the baguette is really unqualified and not delicious.

3. Preservation and eating methods of baguettes

1. Preservation of baguettes

The best eating period of baguettes is four hours. After four hours, the skin of baguettes will harden and become "skin", which is the state that I often buy from bakeries, so the preservation method of baguettes is very important.

if you are lucky enough to buy a fresh baguette, there are two ways to keep it. One is to wrap the wet cloth directly outside the baguette, which can be preserved until the next day. The second is to wrap plastic wrap around the baguette and then freeze it.

Freezing is the way I usually keep most bread. When bread is refrigerated, the dehydration speed is accelerated and the starch will age. In the case of freezing, starch is not easy to age, and the original flavor of bread can be maintained.

2. How to eat baguettes

Since baguettes exist as a staple food, French people usually eat baguettes with soup or vegetables. In order to conform to our usage habits, I recommend several ways to use French sticks.

(1) Slice the slices with a French stick, brush the melted butter directly, sprinkle sugar in the oven at 18 degrees or fry in a pan. Baked until golden, it is a sweet baguette, which tastes crisp and delicious.

(2) Slice the baguette, bake it in the oven at 18 degrees until golden, and take it out and spread it with jam or peanut butter. It is more chewy and full than the usual baked toast.

(3) Shred the baguette, add milk, eggs, whipped cream and sugar, stir well, and bake it slowly in the oven at low temperature to make baguette pudding.