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Speaker 1: smart happens Hi Marshall Brain. Most people eat bread every
Speaker 1: single day, but have you ever thought about how bread works.
Speaker 1: Bread is a technology for turning hard wheat kernels into
Speaker 1: something soft, airy, and delicious. One thing you need for
Speaker 1: a good loaf of bread is yeast. Yeast is a
Speaker 1: fungus that each sugar and produces carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Speaker 1: In bread, you want to trap the carbon dioxide bubbles.
Speaker 1: The wheat and bread contains something called gluten, which is
Speaker 1: a stretchy substance a little like bubblegum. The reason why
Speaker 1: you need bread dough is to develop the gluten and
Speaker 1: link the molecules together. Once the yeast starts producing bubbles,
Speaker 1: the dough catches the bubbles in little gluten balloons and
Speaker 1: starts to rise. Gluten is approach. When you cook bread,
Speaker 1: the protein heats up and set it firms up like
Speaker 1: an egg does when you cook it. Be sure to
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