The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 21, 1885. Domestic.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1332, 21 November 1885, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 21, 1885. Domestic.

Ashburton is fortunate in possessing good wheat and, perhaps, one of the best mills in the colony, but for some reason which we are unable to discover Ashburton bread is most irregular in quality. Our bakers turn out vast quantities of beautiful sweet bread, but there is, as a rule, little or no uniformity in it. If we were to specify the chief fault with Ashburton bakery bread, it would be that it is too raw. Chemists can probably tell us why most bakers’ bread has the taste and appearance of having been put through a process which, after raising it too quickly, gives it a i;ich color and texture, but leaves in it a raw taste which conveys to the consumer the impression that the failure to thoroughly cook the flour has destroyed the nutritive qualities. One (eels no stronger after a meal of such bread, just as one feels thirsty after taking a spoonfu 1 of froth from a glass of beer. The language used is—perforce—not technical, and will, we hope, be understood. The question is an important one, and we trust that our bakers may be able to make such investigations as will enable ,v >ern to effect needed improvements on the Btapjb-9 f their trade, and thereby touch the people on » tender spot—the region of their alimentary