Bread Crumbs

1. Place bread on a cookie sheet that has been preheated to 400° F in an oven for 10 minutes, let, cool and cut into cubes.
2. Transfer cubes of toasted bread to blender, and add pepper, herbs and salt, and crumble the mixture on low-medium setting.

Health Benefits

There are legal requirements that stipulate the nutritional content of commercial breads. While homemade breads are healthier, commercially available breads made with enriched flour have a very high content of thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, folate, and iron. These nutrients play differing roles in the body. While iron is an important component of hemoglobin-- the major component in red blood cells,niacin, riboflavin, and thiamin are important to the process of producing energy in the body, and folate
is a vitamin that is important to the overall health of the heart.

Trivia

1. The ancient Greeks used to produce close to 80 types of bread way back in 2500 B.C.
2. Bread was so important to the Egyptian way of life that it was used as a type of currency. They revered it so much they would often place it in the tombs of their dead.
3. King Louis IV said, “He who controls a nation’s bread is a greater ruler than he who controls their souls.” This is because bread was used as currency and bakers were powerful credit lenders in France during Middle Ages in France.