The history of biscuits

 Biscuit's simplest product form is a mixture of flour and water. It was found in tombs of ancient Egypt around bc4000. The real biscuits can be traced back to Persia in the seventh century, when sugar making technology was just developed and was widely used because of biscuits. Until about the 10th century, with the Muslim conquest of Spain, biscuits were spread to Europe, and from then on, they spread in various Christian countries. By the fourteenth century, biscuits had become the favorite snack in Europe. From royal kitchens to civilian streets, biscuits were full of fragrance. The modern biscuit industry started in England in the 19th century because of its advanced navigation technology. In the long-term navigation, bread was not suitable for reserve grain because of its high moisture content (35% - 40%), so it invented a kind of bread with very low moisture content - dried bread.

  One day in the 1850s, in the bay of bith, France, a strong wind caused an English sailing boat to run aground on a reef. The crew escaped to a deserted island. After the wind stopped, people went back to the boat to look for food, but the flour, sugar and cream on the boat were all soaked in water. They had to take the batter to the island, and knead them into small balls, which were baked and eaten. Unexpectedly, the baked dough is loose and crisp, and tastes delicious. To commemorate the escape, the crew returned to England and baked cookies in the same way, naming them after the Bay's name "Bay of bith.". This is the origin of biscuit.

  Biscuit is biscuit in English, but the biscuit from Guangdong in the market is called "keliqai". Some people think that this is a "gimmick" of Cantonese business. They are not satisfied with it. In fact, it is a mistake. Because in American English, biscuit is called cracker. The root word crack is like the sound of biting biscuit, which means "cracking". Cantonese transliterated it as "kelija" in Cantonese. Biscuit, in American English, means "hot pancakes.". Therefore, biscuit in Britain and cracker in the United States both refer to biscuits. They are actually the same in quality, but there are some differences in "taste". If you have eaten soda biscuits, you will feel that the "thick and crisp" is British style, and the "thin and crisp" is American style. The recent popular "pizza biscuit" also adopts the shape of Western pizza, adding fruit elements, bringing innovation to traditional biscuits.

  Today's content is about the origin of biscuits. Do you know something about biscuits now? Is it a little hungry?