WW-- commented Does anybody remember Wonder Bread?
Wonder Bread being a classic example of the fluff made of flour and yeast that passed for bread in many parts of US. it was a light and fluffy as angel food cake.. with even less flavor.. a 1 lb. loaf was the size of a football field.. and a 98 lb weekly, could mash is flatter than a pancake in no time flat.
Bread, like language, rapidly becomes localized.. my parent hated wonderbread, and when we kids nagged and cried, and they finaly bought it.. we didn't like it either.. we had already learned to like real bread..
the same thing happened with my own children.. i baked bread, often white (the Cornel Cooperative Extention enriched loaf, known as Cornell bread--Hi Faldage!) and my son, now a parent, bakes bread for his family!
bread is a flexable (as food) and as a word..
break bread -- eat
have bread -- (have) money
white bread-- ordinary, bordering on boring
shortnin' bread -- a quickie!
others?
