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=====Rye and Pumpernickel Bread===== | =====Rye and Pumpernickel Bread===== | ||
− | I | + | While making myself a sandwich today I discovered that I was short on the #1 ingredient, so I had to make do with ''one'' slice of ''rye bread'' and ''one'' slice of ''pumpernickel''. As I was eating it, I thought about the proper relationship between these two unique kinds of peasant bread, but couldn't figure it out. |
− | * ''Rye bread'' is bread made with rye ''flour''.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_bread</ref> | + | * ''Rye bread'' is ''bread'' made with ''rye'' ''flour''.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_bread</ref> |
− | * '' | + | * ''Pumpernickel bread'' is bread made with a combination of ''rye flour'' and ''rye meal''.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel</ref> |
− | It should seem obvious that Pumpernickel is a type of Rye bread... but what do I make of additional information, such as the fact that Pumpernickel is very ''dark'' and is also a type of '' | + | It should seem obvious that Pumpernickel is a type of Rye bread... but what do I make of additional information, such as the fact that Pumpernickel is very ''dark'' (and is also a type of ''sourdough'')?<ref>If you are also interested, as I am, in the exciting topic of bread, and would like to learn more about different varieties of bread, then the following site is right for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Breads</ref> Oh wait, stupid me, I found a quote: |
− | <blockquote>The finished product [''Pumpernickel''] tastes very similar to rye bread, but differs in that pumpernickel recipes often call for molasses, helping to give pumpernickel its dark color.<ref><small>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel</small></ref></blockquote> | + | <blockquote>The finished product [''Pumpernickel''] tastes very similar to ''rye bread'', but differs in that ''pumpernickel'' recipes often call ''for molasses'', helping to give ''pumpernickel'' its dark color.<ref><small>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel</small></ref></blockquote> |
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