pumopernockel

PUMPERNICKEL

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Pumpernickel is a heavy duty, slightly sweet, rye bread made

with sourdough and coarse ground rye, often made with rye flour and

whole rye berries. It has been known as 'peasants' bread but during the

1920's became popular as a delicatessen product.

Pumpernickel is a Bavarian term for “hard”, and could refer to

grinding the grain into flour, or, the finished bread . As the name

gets thrown around in German, it becomes “ devil's fart”.

Some say Napoleon named it, being too hard for him to eat, fed

it to his horse, Nicole.

German pumpernickel contains no coloring agents relying on the

process reaction to produce it's deep brown color, sweet, dark chocolate

coffee flavor.

In America, today, bakeries use molasses, coffee and cocoa to

make the brown color.

In Germany it is paired with caviar, on the hors d''oeuvres tray.

Abstract: 09/18/18 by Harrison H from Wikipedia