How Bread Built Civilization: From the First Farmers to the Modern Factory

Making a documentary as an excuse to eat is a great idea.

Big shout out to whomever invented toast. They received bread and said "cook it again."

History of RICE and now we have history of bread....I now have two favorite episodes...

This is old-school National Geographic quality content. So well done.

No joke I’m 10 minutes in and I say out loud, “Man, when was this uploaded? I’ve been looking for a good bread documentary.” Such amazing timing and an awesome video as usual.

Do I feel influenced? No. Educated? Yes. Another fantastic and informative OTR video.

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This is rapidly becoming one of my favourite channels, not just food but overall. Would be genuinely be interested in a behind the scenes episode explaining just how you go about making these. Excellent stuff

Just a quick note that Marie Antoinette never said “let them eat cake”, that was something her detractors claimed she said to make her even more hated.

We have a sourdough starter my grandma got when they lived in Alaska in the 1970s and it was already 50 years old when she got it. I have a ton of sourdough recipes including waffles, bread, cake, and so many more. It's something seriously special.

0:31 "it bakes the question" ... now I'll grab my coat and show myself out

How about a 'History of dumplings' - a good excuse to go back to that Georgian restaurant and have Khinkali. But also to talk about Gyoza, Peirogi etc. Yum. *Edit / Update* I'm just about to fly home from a holiday to Morocco and Briouats absolutely have to be included in the video too!

And on a slightly smaller scale, History of Soy Sauce or just Soybeans would be cool too.

I used to hate sourdough until I had it from an actual really good bakery. After that I bought some starter and have been baking it for 4 years now. Its so good 🥰

Your documentaries of the history of basic staples of human civilisation makes me so proud to live in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. The variety of restaurants serving cuisines from around the world that you can find to illustrate the history of the food you're trying to tell just within city is quite baffling to me even as a native. Keep up the good work!

Also, about the religious aspect of bread, for the Orthodox Christians, they still use bread and not communion wafer. It's just plain bread cut into tiny cubes that are usually hard (it pairs really well with wine during Easter btw). It's a neat little thing that survived thousands of years of history and change.

Just woke up to see a whole hour's worth of material from you! Great way to start the day. Thanks man! Hope you're doing well.

If you ever visit Hungary, you MUST try lángos. It's basically a yeasted flatbread which is then deepfried (usually in sunflowerseed oil or lard). The traditional toppings are either garlic oil and flaky salt or sour cream and cheese, but these days, you can find anything on top of them, from ketchup to Nutella. It's a very popular streetfood.

Glad your wonderful video makes brief reference to Australia's First Nations peoples, who have been baking bread on this continent for at least 60,000 years, made from locally foraged grains, which they ground, mixed with water and sometimes other ingredients and baked in the fire. They are now regarded as the world's oldest continual living culture. Wattle seeds, which grow all over Australia were a key ingredient and still used to this day. This bread, also known as damper, was a staple in their diet. Aboriginal Australians are now widely acknowledged as the world's first bakers. Loving your food history videos. Bread is such a diverse and adaptable ancient food.

It’s incredible to think that something as simple as flour and water has become a cornerstone of nearly every culture worldwide. It really makes you appreciate that delicious sandwich or warm slice of pizza we often take for granted.