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Kansas
Trivia III |
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The
workers who built the pyramids in Egypt were paid in bread. |
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Wheat
is the only grain with sufficient gluten content to make a
raised or leavened loaf of bread. |
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The
American Institute of Baking is located in Manhattan, Kansas. |
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In
1998, the United States added folic acid to all enriched grain
foods, including bread. Folic acid is a key ingredient in
preventing serious birth defects. |
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A
family of four could live 10 years off the bread produced
by one acre of wheat. |
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In
1943, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture banned the sale of
sliced bread in an effort to hold down prices during a period
of wartime rationing. |
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A
30 foot tall statue of Johnny Kaw stands in Manhattan, Kansas,
representing the Kansas wheat farmer. |
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Assuming
a sandwich was eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it
would take 168 days to eat the amount of bread produced from
one bushel of wheat. |
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The
wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fill a train stretching
from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean. |
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One
60 pound bushel of wheat provides about 42 pounds of flour. |
