Talk:Bread

Preparation References

I feel if we properly reference many of the preparation content this article would be significantly closer to B-class. I am having trouble finding sources for many of the content in preparation. I do not have much expertise in bread making and am not sure whether certain information is accurate. Does anybody know of any sources we can use?

Guinness records

I think even after split, we should include the Guinness world record information here. From Bread in Europe:

• According to Guinness World Records, Turkey has the largest per capita consumption of bread in the world as of 2000, with 199.6 kg (440 lb) per person; Turkey is followed in bread consumption by Serbia and Montenegro with 135 kg (297 lb 9.9 oz), and Bulgaria with 133.1 kg (293 lb 6.9 oz).

We can rephrase and write something like this (I could not edit the main article, do I need to request a protected edit? It does not seem protected.) In Europe subsection of Cultural significance section, before the 'variety' discussion:

• Bread is a stable food throughout Europe. According to Guinness World Records, in 2000, the three countries that had the largest per capita consumption of bread were from Balkans in Europe. Turkey had the largest per capita consumption, with 199.6 kg (440 lb) per person; followed by Serbia and Montenegro with 135 kg (297 lb 9.9 oz), and Bulgaria with 133.1 kg (293 lb 6.9 oz). Newer sources claim Germany from Europe is the top per capita consumer followed by Chile in Americas. <insert sources here> Also, an enormous variety of bread is available across Europe. In Germany alone, more than 300 kinds of bread are produced, along with more than a thousand types of bread rolls and pastries.

A problem is that the 'newer' sources have reliability issues. Bulgu (talk)

References

Section "Shelf life"

This section, added 4 November 2012, seems problematic to me. Currently, it reads a bit like an advertisement, and does not match the title that well, except for the final sentence - one would expect more general information about the shelf life of bread. I would, in fact, remove the section entirely. Opinions? Muad (talk) 14:46, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

A dough-kneading lever

Does anyone know the English name for this? Thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:03, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Record intake of bread per head

The section on Bread in Europe is bookended by two clearly contradictory statements about what countries consume the most bread per capita. At the opening, Germany is singled out as the world number one followed by Chile, but at the end of the same section we find:

"According to Guinness World Records, Turkey has the largest per capita consumption of bread in the world as of 2000, with 199.6 kg (440 lb) per person; Turkey is followed in bread consumption by Serbia and Montenegro with 135 kg (297 lb 9.9 oz), and Bulgaria with 133.1 kg (293 lb 6.9 oz)"

There is something fishy here. ;) 83.251.164.50 (talk) 14:10, 29 July 2016 (UTC)