*** Quoting Malte Schmidt from a message to Bj”rn Forsstr”m ***

MS> Today I just talked with a colleague about bread in other countries. I
MS> Germany it is common to eat all variations of bread. Some eat it (or
MS> rolls) for breakfast, nearly all eat it for supper (only if it is too
MS> they may swap dinner and supper). With cheese on it, with all kinds of
MS> sliced sausages, jam... whatever you can think of. As far as I know th
MS> is funny enough not very normal (as a German I must say, I am quite at
MS> loss to think of eating something else).

This is true but other grains take it's place in Asia.  In the USA, bread
can ¨be good or horrible, depending.  A large percentage today are only
familiar ¨with store bought 'wonderbread' and it's like (asoft white one
with little ¨nutritional value but has some).

Be not to afraid.  Many of us still make our own and the store stuff is for
¨when we get lazy.  I got a loaf last about 2 months ago in fact yet we eat
¨bread most days.  I make my own.  (Sorry just checked freezer and we have
one ¨there so we didnt eat the wonderbread).  I cheat and use a breadmaker
but the ¨ingredients make it as good as anything you are used to.

When I go to sea, Charlotte makes the bread but Don (Daddy) has to put it
in ¨the machine as she's just a little too short to reach as of yet.  My
only ¨problem here in Japan is they dont make bread much so it's hard to
get the ¨right flours.  Elise (a friend of mine, from germany who lives
here in the same ¨building) gets the rye flour from Fukuoka.  We've both
been looking for the ¨right black-strap molassis but no perfect luck yet. 
We have one that works ¨well enough but not optimal.  Japanese have little
use for that so we have ¨limited resources.


MS> In Asia they eat more rice instead, that is understandable...

The rice is also very different here.  It's not all that much pre-processed
¨(polished) and tends to medium-short grains.  It's not made 'fluffy'
except by ¨accident.  It's eaten with every meal like you would have bread.
 You have ¨access to such rice probably, but may not be used to it nor are
you apt to eat ¨it often enough to note any subtle differences we do here.

                                       xxcarol

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