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BREAD IN POLAND IS DETERIORATING [90]
One thing that has really gone down the drain since the commie era is Poland's bread. Naturally, many visitors from America, the kand of cotton-fluff stuff (Wonder bread, etc.) think Polish bread is really good by comaparison, but not when compared to what it was several decades ago. Primary faults (all motivated by greed) include:
-- smaller amounts of now pricier rye flour and more cheaper wheat flour;
-- darkenss in bread achieved less by wholegrain flour nad more by colour additives such as caramel, fake honey (miód sztuczny) or brown food colouring.
-- use of polepszacze (bread improvers), packets of chemcials ensurign high yields at the expesne of flavour and nutrition;
-- the demise of family-owned bakeries using generations-old recipes and natural ingredients;
-- industrial production by huge, largely German-ownd bread factories which stress output and profits;
-- passing fads such as sprinkling bread nad rolls with a huge amount of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, etc. in roder to jack up the price.
Anyone agree or disagree?
