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Show Bread Unknown. Bread Is not tho staff of life to many people of civilized nations, lecause they do not eat it. Baked loaves of bread are unknown in many parts of South Austria and of Italy, and throughout the agri cultural districts of Roumania. Not many miles from Vienna bread Is nover seen, its place being taken by Bterz, a kind of porridge made from ground beech nuts, which is taken at breakfast with fresh or curdled milk; at dinnor with broth or fried lard, and with milk again Tor supper. In tho north of Italy tlie peasuntry live chielly on polenta, a porridge made of boiled maize. It is in every sense the Italian peasant's daily bread. The Roumanians eat a mama Uga, made of maize- and like the polenta except that the grains aro not allowed to settle as in the Italian dish. Sterz is also kiiown as heiden and takes the place of bread in C'orinthia mid many parts of tho Tyrol. Good Housekeeping. |