French people wear a Basque beret and hold a loaf of bread for breakfast, which is a fashionable scenery on the streets of France. For the French, bread is like rice in a China bowl. Spread butter and jam at breakfast, make sandwiches at lunch, serve with soup at dinner, or eat with cheese with seasoning at the bottom of the plate. Bread is indispensable for every meal. And different bread with different red wine is also a very particular way to eat.

Three characteristics of French bread:

1: the materials are simple, and only flour, water and yeast are used, which is vividly reflected in baguette.

2. Use whole wheat and ferment with natural yeast for a long time. Many of these breads have strong local characteristics.

3. Luxury, when making cream omelets and croissants, you don't hesitate to use a lot of high-quality butter, eggs and sugar. It can be said that the basic form of French bread can be outlined through these three points. The French even have a proverb that describes the importance of bread: "The more wine, the better. In France, there are even laws that strictly stipulate the composition and naming of bread, which shows that the French attach importance to bread and its severity.

2 German bread

Germans eat bread every day, mainly black, sour and hard rye bread. The climate in Germany is not suitable for growing wheat, so Germans plant rye with stronger viability and use it to make bread. The nutritional value of rye is higher than that of wheat, but it is not easy to ferment, and the bread made is not soft enough, almost not tough and sour. But after centuries of exploration by Germans, they gradually mastered the skills of baking delicious rye bread, and there are 300-500 varieties of rye bread.

Germans generally only eat rye bread at lunch, and choose to eat small buns for breakfast. For Germans, bread has been deeply integrated into their lives.

3 Italian bread

Although Italian cuisine is more representative of pasta and pizza, Italian bread is also an important part to be reckoned with.

As early as ancient Rome, fermented bread was introduced to Italy from Egypt through Greece. At that time, the earliest high-fat bread appeared in Rome, which respected the ultimate glory, but the poor could not eat a small piece of bread. When the Roman Empire fell and Italy fell apart, various places gave birth to their own unique food culture, such as Gervat's Fokasha bread, Turin's bread sticks, toscano's bread, etc. After the fall of Rome, the number of Christians increased, and bread dedicated to Jesus began to increase, such as Panadoni. Because Italian sauces and dishes have a heavy taste, Italian bread is generally light in taste, which is the characteristic of Italian bread. Pelt wheat (the oldest grain cultivated in Europe 9000 years ago) is used. ) is his uniqueness.

4 Danish bread

Denmark has the most delicious pastry in the world. This sweet and crispy pastry with a lot of butter is the treasure of this small Nordic country. Denmark is a country that attaches great importance to traditional culture and intellectual property rights. They protect the skills mastered by traditional craftsmen and impose strict restrictions to prevent those secret recipes unique to Denmark from flowing into other countries. Of course, bakers who have been certified by the Queen of Denmark are no exception, and they are awarded the title of "heir to traditional bread" and the certificate with the crown symbol.

5 Finnish bread

For Finns, the most indispensable things are potatoes, salmon and brown bread. According to statistics, the average annual bread consumption of Finns reaches 50kg, which is more than that of France and Germany. Finns spend a long winter indoors every year, so it is necessary to make bread that is easy to preserve, that is, black bread made of rye. Now in rural Finland, people still bake bread that they want to eat for one or two weeks at a time, those plump and shiny hemispheres.

6 Russian bread

In Russian, bread means both food and hospitality. Throughout the ages, they regard Russian bread and salt as the highest etiquette for welcoming guests to show their kindness and generosity. As a symbol of welcoming guests, they put bread and salt in the most prominent position on the dining table to show their welcome to the guests. Even when foreign heads of state visit, they will see Russian girls coming forward with newly baked bread and salt, and invite VIPs to taste them.