March 22, 2010 - 1:55am
Two documentaries about bread on BBC4 this week...
Just a quick heads-up for any UK fresh loafers... BBC4 are showing two hour long documentaries about bread this week.
The first is 'Bread: A Loaf Affair' on Wednesday 24th March at 9pm (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rm508)
then, 'In Search of the Perfect Loaf' on Thursday 25th March at 9pm (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rm55q)
I'm sure they will be on the BBC iPlayer if you miss the broadcast though.
Enjoy,
Gary
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Hi Gary
Thanks for pointing those out. They both look like they might be interesting. Particularly the first one, I think bread history is really interesting. I have been trying to find out how bread was baked on board ships. Big ships like the SS Great Britain had proper ovens and if you go round it today you can see mocked up breads on display in the kitchen. I reckon they must have used an old dough starter to make all these raised breads on a long trip, they didn't have a fridge, carried live cows for milk, but no one so far has come up with an answer. My OH volunteers on the boat and no one there knows the answer.
kind regards, Zeb
Hi Zeb,
I have a fascination with bread history too. My wife is sometimes a little concerned at the frequency with which she finds me thumbing through the pages of my well worn copy of 'English Bread and Yeast Cookery' by Elizabeth David.
I think it is great that there are two full length documentaries solely about bread on though. The (fairly) recent River Cottage and Hairy Bakers stuff on bread has been insubstantial to say the least. Hopefully these two will go a little deeper.
Good luck with finding out more info on bread making on the SS Great Britain and other big ships. I would be interested to know more about it if you do find out.
Cheers,
Gary