A Personal Culturally and Regionally Aligned Energy Source To The Masses

Some Pictures to Support my thoughs on “Bread”

• A Personal – It is consumed by humans• Cultural/Regional – It tends to use ingredients related

to the cultures and regionally available food sources.• Aligned – People generally want to eat foods that are

familiar to them, in shape, ingredients, and taste.• Energy Source – It is generally a starchy simple sugar

source that enables fueling the human body.• The Masses – It is cost effective, easy to make, store,

and transport.

A Personal Culturally and Regionally Aligned Energy Source For The Masses

• Flour or Starch Source – Wheat Flour, Corn Flour, Rice Flour.• Leaven – Either Yeast or Soda, or left un-leavened for matzoh.• Salt (Optional) – Simplist flavoring• Sugar (Optional) – Flavoring or Leaven Accelerant• Adjuncts (Optional) – Stuff you mix in to make it more delicious, such as

nuts, raisons, …• Coating (Optional) – Stuff you put on it after it is baked.• Shape – Is it a loaf, tortilla, bun, pizza, pita, …?• Filling (Optional)– Stuff you fill it with after it is baked.• Energy Source – What is used to bake the bread, gas fire, wood fire, …?• Cooking Equipment – Is it an oven, a campfire, a grill,• Post Process – Are you going to hollow out the bread after it is cooked,

going to slice it, ..?

Bread “Deconstructed”

Bread “Reconstructed”

Mix Form Cook Finish

Inputs (Type, Amounts)- Flour- Water- SaltOptional- Sugar- Leavening Agent- Adjuncts

Inputs• Desired Shape• Number of Items• WaitTime• Temperature

InputsOptional• Energy Source• Cooking Method• Cooking Time• Cooking Temp

Dough

UnbakedBread

BakedBread

InputsOptional• Post-Process• Filling• Coating

Finished Item

Bread?

PastaWhat Happens?• Flour, Salt, Water,

Sugar Mixed• Leavening Agent

(Yeast) Prepared &Added

• All Items Mixed until Consistent Homogeneous “Dough”

What Happens?• Raw dough is

broken into correct volume items

• Each Item Shaped• Each Item Allowed

To Wait (Rise) at a Specific Time / Temperature

What Happens?• Each Item Singly or

In Groups Cooked AtTemperature, Duration, Using Regional Energy Source and Method

• Note, if Pasta, no cooking.

What Happens?• Each Item is processed

further, such as hollowing out or slicing,

• Each Item can be Coated with a glaze or dry item.

• Each item can be filled with something

Bread As Cultural Artifact:Observed Strategy Based On Diversity of Bread• Each Culture or Society has chosen elements of the process to “Fit” their

culture and region. Examples of Cultural / Regional Specialization. General Strategy to enable this: - Use Local Ingredients - Flour - Water - Leaven - Salt - Sugar - Adjuncts - What do you put inside the flour, such as nuts, ... - Use Local Energy Sources - Electricity, gas, peat fire, wood fire, dung fire, …. - Use Local Cooking Methods - Is it an oven, a tandori, a wood oven, open fire, ... - Use Traditional Shapes - Is it buns, loafs, ... - Coatings - What do you put on the bread after it is cooked? - Fillings - What do you fill the bread with after it is cooked? - Post Processing - Hollow out the bread, slice it, dry it, …

Cultural Alignment (Options):• Flour

• Europe – Wheat, Potato• UK – Oats, Wheat, Corn, Potato• Africa – Millet, Wheat, Tubers, Wheat • India – Chickpea, Wheat• South America – Corn, Wheat• Asia – Rice, Taro Root

• Water – Local Water Sources, spring water• Salt – Local Sources, Sea Salt, Mined Salt, Fleur De Sel, …• Sugar – Local Sources, Refined, Unrefined, Molassas, Honey, Beets…• Leavening – Soda, Baking Soda, Local Yeast Strains• Adjuncts – Any cultural or regionally aligned elements

• Dried Fruits, Nuts, Spices• Region Fruits Nuts Spices Oils

– Middle East Dates Almonds Cumen Olive– Europe Figs, Raisons Walnuts … Olive– Latin America Mango Pine Chili Corn– Asia Chestnut Anise, … Palm

Cultural Alignment (Options)Forms (Examples)

• Latin America – Thin flat Tortillas, Buns• Asia – Nearly Spherical Buns (Boazi)• Middle East & India – Flat Breads (Pita, Chipatti, …), Crackers• Europe – Loaves, Buns, Rolls, …

• Energy SourcesAncient Time

Current Time• Europe Coal, Peat, Wood Gas,

Electricity• Asia Steam Heat

Steam Heat• Latin America Wood, Coal Gas,

Electrical• …

• Cooking Methods• Baking, Tandori, Heated Platen (Torilla), Steam Pan