Does every country have bread?

Question

I am a student teacher, trying to put together a lesson plan, for a unit on kitchem chemicals. I am up to breads of the world, and then I'm going to get the children to make bread with different raising agents. Anyway, I was wondering if every country in the world had bread????? Just curious. Thanks.

Answer 1

vietnam serves a baggette type of bread

so it's not definite that asian countries dont have bread

I suppose it's because of the french and their influence

Answer 2

Yes, every country has bread.. i think..

Breads of the world huh? Make some pan de sal, its a bread from the Philippines. yummyy

Answer 3

not in south east asia or the pacific island ..

I cannot think of any traditional bread in south east asia or the pacific island ....

Answer 4

I am not sure if all of the Far East Asian countries originally had a type of bread or flatbread.  They have "pancakes" in China but I dont think Japan (for example) had a bread so to speak.  I am sure modern day breads are available widely nowadays but I really dont think Japan, Korea, Laos..... had breads, their main carb source was rice or noodles.  I also think Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan  may also not have had bread originally in their cuisine.

In India, we had our flatbreads (naans, rotis, phulkas & chapatis).  Real bread (as we know it today) was introduced by the Portuguese and the English.  Similarly, the French introduced bread (baguette) into Vietnam.  I think most bread was introduced to many Asian countries by Europeans.  

Of course nowadays all countries have bread and many bread varieties.

Answer 5

I think nearly every culture has some kind of bread, except maybe China.  I can't think of any bread they serve.

Answer 6

Note bread can be either leavened or unleavened, so it may not require a raising agent. And flour may not only be wheat flour. Once we stop associating the idea of bread only with Western-type breads, we realise actually many other countries have their own traditional breads.

You mentioned about Chinese 'bing' (饼), which is an example of a flatbread that is usually pan-fried, or baked. It can be plain or with scallions, sesame seeds etc, eaten on its own or with fillings. Note 'bing' also can refer to pancakes (like those served with Peking Duck), biscuits (饼干) & pastries like mooncakes (月饼).

Another common Chinese bread is mantou (馒头), a steamed bread that is bun-shaped & common in Northern China where wheat is the staple compared to the south which eats more rice. Mantou is plain, whereas 'bao' (包) are buns using similar dough that can have a wide variety of savoury & sweet fillings.

The Indians have their chapati (unleavened bread), naan (leavened bread), puri (deep-fried bread), roti paratha (flaky pan-fried bread). Roti paratha versions can be found in Malaysia (roti canai) & Singapore (roti prata); usually eaten with curries & with many different variations even as dessert. Another form is 'murtabak' which has fillings stuffed inside like chicken, mutton, sardine etc.

In Japan the closest to a traditional bread is probably an-pan, which is bread stuffed with sweet red bean paste, said to be invented in 1873. The Portuguese apparently introduced Western-style bread to Japan in the 16th century, but it didn't catch on until the 19th century when Japan went on a modernisation drive. http://www.zojirushi.com/funfunfun/taste...

Today there's a great deal of Western-style baked goods in Japan & Japanese baked bread is amazingly cotton-wool soft.

As for Korea, there does seem to be some traditional-style breads though they may be more recent in origin. It's also quite likely that in the past there was some kind of flatbread, similar to the Chinese one.

http://english.kbs.co.kr/life/cuisine/14...

http://www.recipeatlas.com/koreanrecipes...

Answer 7

I would think so, they might not be traditional breads.

In most of the middle east and south east, tortillas and pita breads are traditional.

I think in different parts of the world there are those traditional breads that are a part of the culture, but then different corporations and bread companies dominate in other countries providing breads.

In todays global world, i would say that yes all countries have access to bread.