Why would the French - who are infamous for being patient and passionate for all-things-food, invent a quick-fix like the Baguette?!
The rarest of the rare encounters with good baguettes in the city, have had us asking this question; and one of the most popular (and secretly, our favourite) story is -
There was a point in time when the law had forbidden Bakers to wake up before 4am (Yup! This unlocks a whole universe of questions!)
Now, traditional French breads take a long time to rise, and with this absurd law in place, getting fresh bread, early morning, would've been impossible. So the bakers deviced a recipe which would take lesser time to rise (lean dough); these loaves were thinner and longer than the other breads - which was done to reduce the time it took to bake the breads evenly!
This quick-fix bread is what we now know as the French Baguette!
There's an alternate theory which says that the handy and (literally) pocket-friendly Baguette was invented to stop the French metro workers from having to carry their knives (to cut the breads, ofcourse!) to work, to avoid mishaps in case of fights. Wow.
There are a few more theories, but these are our favourite and we're sticking to them 🤣
How do you eat your baguette?!
We prefer ours, with a drizzle of evoo and some cherry tomato 😁
Ft.: Baguette by @lily_pond_bakery
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Why would the French - who are infamous for being patient and passionate for all-things-food, invent a quick-fix like the Baguette?! The rarest of the rare encounters with good baguettes in the city, have had us asking this question; and one of the most popular (and secretly, our favourite) story is - There was a point in time when the law had forbidden Bakers to wake up before 4am (Yup! This unlocks a whole universe of questions!) Now, traditional French breads take a long time to rise, and with this absurd law in place, getting fresh bread, early morning, would've been impossible. So the bakers deviced a recipe which would take lesser time to rise (lean dough); these loaves were thinner and longer than the other breads - which was done to reduce the time it took to bake the breads evenly! This quick-fix bread is what we now know as the French Baguette! There's an alternate theory which says that the handy and (literally) pocket-friendly Baguette was invented to stop the French metro workers from having to carry their knives (to cut the breads, ofcourse!) to work, to avoid mishaps in case of fights. Wow. There are a few more theories, but these are our favourite and we're sticking to them 🤣 How do you eat your baguette?! We prefer ours, with a drizzle of evoo and some cherry tomato 😁 Ft.: Baguette by @lily_pond_bakery #IPaidForIt #FoodaholicsInAhmedabad #Foodaholics #Ahmedabad #FoodInAhmedabad #AhmedabadFood #LiveToEat #Foodhunt #Foodfinds #Foodblogger #Food #FoodLover #Foodstagram #Instafoodie #Foodnetwork #Foodfeed #Foodtalkindia #AhmedabadFoodie #Ahmedabad_Instagram #Baguette #French #Bread #Story
