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What is the history of bread?

What is the history of bread?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 1 Monat

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Have you ever wondered about the history of your favorite sandwich?
Join Mira and Finn on an incredible time-traveling adventure to
discover the epic history of bread! You won't believe how an
ordinary loaf shaped human history. Did you know the world's oldest
bread is over 14,400 years old, baked by ancient hunter-gatherers
even before farming was invented?! Get ready for some truly wild,
and sometimes gross, historical facts! We'll explore Ancient Egypt,
where people actually ate bread filled with sand and tiny rocks
that gave pharaohs terrible toothaches! We'll even uncover the
amazing secret of eighty-one perfectly burnt loaves of bread left
behind during the explosive volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in
Pompeii! Plus, find out why medieval kings and queens used giant
slabs of stale bread as dinner plates instead of real dishes, and
why they fed their dirty bread plates to the castle dogs! We will
also meet the unstoppable inventor who spent sixteen years trying
to build the world's first bread slicer. From loaves used as money
to pay pyramid builders to the invention of the perfect slice,
history has never tasted so fascinating!