Salt-rising Bread (Noun)
Meaning
White wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The recipe for traditional salt-rising bread required a mixture of salt, cornmeal, and water to activate the fermentation process.
- Her grandmother's secret ingredient for salt-rising bread was using potato pulp instead of cornmeal in the starter mixture.
- To make salt-rising bread, people often let the mixture sit overnight and wait for the magical moment when it starts to rise.
- Native American tribes and early European-American settlers frequently baked salt-rising bread using cornmeal from the corn they harvested.
- Baking salt-rising bread was considered a special occasion, filled with love, patience, and traditional family recipes passed down through generations.