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"Describe the bread your family ate. The smell, the shape, who baked it."

6 voices

  • Maria du Toit

    Karoo · b. 1934

    AF

    The bread was round, crusty outside and soft inside. My grandmother baked it every Friday in the outdoor oven. The whole yard smelled wonderful.

  • Wim Bakker

    Friesland · b. 1935

    NL

    The bread was dark and large, a whole week on the table. My mother baked it every Tuesday. The smell of fresh bread and flour on her apron.

  • Edith Brown

    Cornwall · b. 1938

    EN

    The bread was a great round loaf, baked twice a week in the wood-fired oven. The smell filled the whole cottage — it's what I remember most from my childhood.

  • Tryntsje de Vries

    Fryslân · b. 1940

    FY

    The bread was big and heavy. The baker came every week with his horse. The whole house smelled of fresh bread and cake all of Tuesday.

  • Hans Müller

    Bayern · b. 1933

    DE

    The bread was dark and heavy, a whole loaf for the week. My father fetched it from the baker — the smell hung in the house all of Sunday.

  • Jan Botha

    Western Cape · b. 1936

    AF

    The bread was made from wheat my father ground himself. Dark, strong, with salt. We ate it with butter and jam — every day the smell was the same.