Fresh bread
When I was very young my parents had a cow. For many of you that would seem rather ordinary but I lived in a small village. And I was born at that interesting time before things changed greatly. There was no dairy delivering milk to my house. If you wanted fresh milk you also kept a cow. I will not claim to remember the cow specifically but I do remember the building behind the house. I bring this up because I want to point out just how much things have changed since I was born. Back in the day, as they say it was a common practice to prepare your own butter and to keep hens out back and to do all the things that were considered normal in a village. A lifetime later if I was to drive down the road I would be very surprised to see someone keeping a cow to make their own butter. There are older people who still have the knowledge but the technology has changed. Now if you wanted jug of milk you drive down to the store and get one. If you want a block of butter you drive to that same store and get one. If you want fresh bread? I suppose there are people who still make bread but not in the have to do it every day mentality that existed when I was young. My grandparents made bread and kept chickens. But I was born at the tail end of that. In fact I consider myself to be a pioneer of the modern day. We do things differently now. The idea of purchasing a loaf of sliced bread came along when I was a child. Before that you kept a bread knife and you did your own preparations. That fresh butter did not come out of the fridge as a starting point. In fact we have changed almost everything about our daily cooking habits. Someone needs to keep track of these things. How else will our children and grandchildren ever understand that it all changed suddenly.
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