Flour Essay

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Flour Flour is a powder which is made by grinding cereal grains, beans, or other seeds or roots . It is the main ingredient of bread. Most people think of flour in terms of wheat flour. When in fact, flour can be ground from a variety of nuts and seeds. Some types of flours available are; amaranth, arrowroot, barley, nuts, oats, potato, rice, rye, soy, spelt, tapioca, wheat, and vegetables. Wheat flour is the most popular and versatile flour and there are many different varieties. Some of the varieties are pastry flour, cake flour, bread flour, all-purpose flour. Flour was discovered around 6000 BC, wheat seed could be crushed between millstones to make flour. The Romans were to be the first to grind seeds on corn mills. The first mill in the North American colonies appeared in Boston in 1632 and was powered by wind. Later mills in the region used water. The first fully automatic mill was built near Philadelphia by Oliver Evans in 1784. During the next century, the center of milling moved as railroads developed, eventually settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1879, at the beginning of the Industrial Era, the first steam mill was erected in London. In 1878, the first important roller mill was used in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This new type of mill used metal rollers, rather than millstones, to grind wheat. Roller mills were less expensive, more efficient, more uniform, and cleaner than millstones. In the 1930s, some flour began to be enriched with iron, niacin, thiamine and riboflavin. In the 1940s, mills started to enrich flour and folic acid was added to the list in the 1990s. Flour is used to make baked goods without the need to add yeast or baking powder. When making flour there is a processes to making it. The first processes is grinding the wheat is the wheat is received at the flour mill and inspected. Samples of wheat are taken for physical and chemical

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