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We wanted to break bread that was pure, clean, pristine, stark white and wholesome, with a crisp, but soft, light brown crust. The field was prepared with thrice washed and cleaned machinery, and spread with N, P, K fertilizer applied overhead. The soils was filtered to remove all weeds, sticks and stones, stubble and rubble, so it was homogeneous, with a uniform grain size, The wheat seed was a proven, ancient old world genotype, with its genome still intact. The seed was milled to remove all traces of wheat germ and bran, then twice bleached to stark white. The dough was leavened with soda and baked well-timed, in a clean fan-draft oven, at just the right temperature, for just the right time. Behold! There we have it! Our pure white bread, wholesome and perfect, in every way, that we break for breakfast at break of day.

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