Short Essay 4

Question 1

Four ingredients bread

Answer 1

Wheat flour, drinking water, cooking salt, fermenting agent

Question 2

3 steps in baking bread

Answer 2

Fermentation, kneading, baking

Question 3

Fermentation tools

Answer 3

Containers: tubs, pots, baskets, basins, bins

Question 4

Kneading tools:

Answer 4

Cutting instruments: knives, cutters, scrapers

Question 5

Baking tools

Answer 5

Oven, bread paddles (pelles), rakes, shovels, scrapers, hoes & brushes

Question 6

Craft knowledge of artisanal bread baking

Answer 6

Fermentation: control of levain
Kneading: physically difficult task, pounding, turning, folding
Hand shaping required dexterity and delicacy in order to not kill living fermentation process
Not an easy skill to master
Baking: deftness, dexterity, speed, timing skills, temperature knowledge
Overall: balance numerous production variables

Question 7

Baking bread today

Answer 7

Today, producing artisanal bread remains an art form rather than a science