Recently, the most spoken sentence from my aunt was "Guess how much I bought with this bag of spinach, and you don't believe it when you say it, 12!" A pound of pork is only 14. ”
Suddenly remembered that before the price of meat fell last year, I often heard my aunt say that meat is expensive, but I did not expect that this year's turn to raise the price of vegetables. I don't think spinach herself thought about it, and there was actually a day when the supporting roles boiled into the protagonist.
In order to balance the nutrition and not exceed the cost of food, I thought to myself, can we eat vegetarian for one year and eat meat for one year?
Prices have soared, and recently it seems to have become a worldwide topic. It is said that the price of bread in France is also about to rise...
Many French families have been worried about the rising cost of wheat in recent days, and the price of French bread (baguettes) that are inseparable from life may also increase. After all, many French have long considered baguette pricing as an indicator of the health of the country's economy.
In times of economic distress, every daily expenditure imposes a heavier burden on local households. And the baguette is said to be a must-eat staple food for the French. However, what I did not expect was that the local baguette was actually so "cheap" in France, and this little increase could even be described as "insignificant".
According to the survey, the average price of local bag bag in France is about 89 raw ding (Centime, about 6.2 yuan). Many bakeries across France began posting notices reminding customers that the price of baguettes could rise by 3 to 5 yuan (about 0.25-0.45 yuan) in the near future.
This seemingly innocuous-sounding increase has caused many locals to complain. But Dominique Anract, president of the Federation of French Bakeries and Pastry Shops, said: "While this doesn't seem like a lot, it's actually a huge increase." Baguette (for the daily life of the French) is very important. ”
In fact, in the past 20 years, the price of the baguette has only risen by 23 sheng ding (about 1.9 yuan). The expected increase in bakeries across France this time is only between 3-5 raw ding. However, this increase is also a serious problem for the French. The reason is...
It is reported that almost all of France's nearly 67.4 million people prefer to eat baguettes as a staple food. The Bread Observatory, a country authority that keeps a close eye on baguettes, notes that in France, an average of about 320 baguettes are sold per second, which is equivalent to eating an average of half a baguette per person per day. The annual consumption is as high as 10 billion. Therefore, a slight change in the price of baguettes is enough to bother the locals. Only 3 raw dings are expensive will also have a negative impact. Baguette is our representative, our symbol, our economic thermometer. It's like a pint of milk in the UK will never cost more than 1 euro.
Outside a bakery in the Le Marais district of central Paris, a 35-year-old customer complained that the price of baguettes had risen "a very nasty thing." Because people buy a baguette every day, even 5 years of accumulation in a year is also a lot. And prices are likely to continue to rise next year.
For the French, the baguette is not simply food, but part of their culture, and the French Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, even nominated the baguette to be inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List next year.
Such national food is also subject to the law
Baguette, French for "Baguette" originally meant "long strip of jewel". There are at least three theories about its origins.
1. The law stipulates that bakers cannot work until four o'clock, but the bread takes a long time to ferment until baking, so the baguette can be made by a simple process.
2. Napoleon's military food for the war. At that time, the bread was basically round, so in order to make it easier to carry, the bread was made into a long stick shape.
3. At that time, when the subway was built, the supervision engineer asked to make a bread that could be "folded by hand", so there was the birth of stick bread.
The birth of the baguette is widely discussed, but its shape, material, and weight are clear. French law stipulates that baguettes can only be made with water, flour, yeast, and salt. If other ingredients are added, they cannot be called baguettes.
In addition, the weight is also stipulated to be 250 grams, the length is usually about 65cm, and even the diameter has a standard, which needs to be in the range of 5-6cm. And the bread cut should be five knives. It can be seen that the French are very serious about the baguette, and no one should think of "magic reforming" the baguette!
The rise in bread prices is mainly related to higher operating costs due to higher energy prices and a poor wheat harvest in Russia, which has caused global wheat prices to rise by 30% since September. However, bread observers pointed out that bakers across France may sacrifice other bread styles and quantities in the store to maintain the price stability of baguettes in order to keep the prices of baguettes affordable.
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