15x02 - Bread is for Eating

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♪ Reading rainbow ♪

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♪ Take a look ♪

♪ It's in a book ♪

♪ A reading rainbow ♪

♪ I can go anywhere ♪

♪ Friends to know ♪

♪ And ways to grow ♪

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♪ I can be anything ♪

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♪ Reading rainbow ♪

Mmm.

There's nothing
I love more in the world

Than fresh baked bread.

[Sniff]

Ahh!

It smells heavenly.

And the outside
is nice and crusty.

And when you break it open...

The inside is soft
and scrumptious.

You just know it's going
to be delicious.

Now, just about everyone
in the world loves bread.

It's the basic food of life,

And there are about a million
different kinds.

There's wheat, rye,
pumpernickel...

What's your favorite
kind of bread?

My favorite kind of bread
is raisin bread

Because it has raisins in it.

My favorite bread
is white bread,

And I like it because
it goes with everything.

This is corn bread,
and I love it.

This is italian bread,

And I like it
because it's crunchy.

My favorite kind of bread
is challah bread,

And it's kind of sweet.

I really like rye bread
the best.

I like lavash because
it feels like cloth,

And it tastes good.

This is a breadstick,
and I like it very much.

[Crunch crunch]

And the taste--

It tastes very crispy.

[Crunch crunch]

I think the best kind
of bread is...

Wheat bread.

Pumpernickel.

Blueberry bread.

English muffins.

Flatbread.
It's from africa.

I like any kind of bread.

The only thing as satisfying
as eating bread

Is making it yourself

With just a few
simple ingredients--

Flour...

Water...

A little salt...

Some yeast...

And you can create something
that's fun to make,

Tastes great,
and is healthy for you, too.

This is my favorite part
of making bread--

Kneading the dough.

You push it, punch it,
poke it,

You mush it, mash it,
maul it,

You really work the dough
with your hands.

And the baker's hands
aren't the only hands

That go into making
a loaf of bread.

Many other people
lend a hand, too.

This book celebrates
the whole community

That works so hard
to make bread.

It's called bread is for eating.

Bread is for eating.

[Boy]
mamita says when
I leave bread on my plate...

[Woman]
bread is for eating.

[Boy]
and she sings this song to me.

[Woman]
♪ el pan es para comer ♪

♪ El pan es para la vida ♪

♪ No tires el pan ♪

♪ Ay, ay vida mia ♪♪

[Woman]
think of the seed,
asleep in the ground.

Think of the earth,
a dark, cozy bed.

Think of the sun
shining down on the earth.

Think of the rain...

Waking the seed
from its slumber.

[Boy]
I'm thinking, mamita.

I'm thinking about
the little sprouts

Coming up from the ground.

And mamita says...

[Woman]
this song is for
the sprouting seed.

♪ El pan es para comer ♪

♪ El pan es para la vida ♪

♪ No tires el pan ♪

♪ Ay, ay vida mia ♪♪

Think of the farmer
who tills the soil,

Hoping the rains
will come on time.

Think of the harvester
who cuts the wheat

And catches the grain.

[Boy]
is it time for a song--

A song for the grains
of wheat?

[Woman]
si.

♪ El pan es para comer ♪

♪ El pan es para la vida ♪

♪ No tires el pan ♪

♪ Ay, ay vida mia ♪♪

Think of the worker
who loads the grain

And takes it to town.

Think of the miller
who grinds grain into flour

So soft and fine.

Think of the storekeeper
who sells us the flour.

[Boy]
yes, I'm thinking, mamita.

I'm thinking about
the money we need

To buy flour.

And mamita says...

[Woman]
this song is also for
the families working all day

To put bread on the table.

♪ El pan es para comer ♪

♪ El pan es para la vida ♪

♪ No tires el pan ♪

♪ Ay, ay vida mia ♪♪

Think of the cook
kneading flour

With water and yeast.

Think of the baker
baking bread before dawn.

Think of the people
around the world

Dreaming of bread.

[Boy]
I'm hungry for bread, mamita.

[Woman]
then toast it and butter it
or spread it with jam.

Eat it cold, eat it hot.

Eat a little,
eat a lot.

Bread is good!

El pan es bueno.

We thank the seed,
earth, sun, and rain

For the grain--

The beautiful grain--

And sing for the bread
that gives us life.

Again and again

And again.

Will you sing the song
with me?

[Boy]
yes, mamita.

[Together]
♪ el pan es para comer ♪

♪ El pan es para la vida ♪

♪ No tires el pan ♪

♪ Ay, ay vida mia ♪

♪ Bread is so good to eat ♪

♪ Bread is the staff
of life ♪

♪ Don't throw the bread away ♪

♪ Aye, aye, love of my life ♪♪

♪ Don't throw the bread away ♪

♪ Aye, aye, love of my life ♪♪

You know, bread really is
the staff of life.

It's the most basic food
we eat.

Every culture in every corner
of the world

Has its own
particular kind of bread

And a special tradition
of how to make it.

My name is debbie secakuku.

I'm hopi tribe from
the northern part of arizona

About 80 miles east
of the grand canyon.

We have a very special

And unique kind of bread
that we make.

It's called peki.

This bread is made
from blue cornmeal,

And the hopi people
are the only people

To make peki bread.

You have your cornmeal
in a bowl,

Take the boiling water
into the cornmeal,

And begin mixing with a stick,

Gradually bringing more cornmeal
into the mix,

Till you can form a ball.

Once it reaches that texture,

Then you can pour warm water
into the ash mix

And then strain it
by using the strainer,

Which we call wusi.

The whole process
of making peki is, um...

A very special time.

It's a time when you can sit
and meditate and think.

You're continuously
kneading the dough,

Adding water to it every time,

Until it gets thinner
and thinner and thinner,

Until it reaches about
the consistency

Of pancake batter.

You can feel it
sliding through your fingers.

When you do this,

The dough will come out
on this side,

And when it gets really thin,

When you lift it up,

The dough will come
streaming out.

Peki is a very important part
of hopi life.

It's used in all different kinds
of ceremonies

Such as celebration
of a child being born

Or the celebration
of a marriage.

During the time that the mixture
is being made,

The fire will have been started
underneath the stone.

The peki stone
is a very special stone

That is set on top
of a little wall that's built

With an opening on the side

So the fire can go underneath
and heat the stone.

We use oils to put on the stone

To moisturize it
so the peki won't stick.

The stones are
usually passed down

From generation to generation,

And this particular stone
that I'm using

Belongs to my mother.

Making peki is a very good time

For people
to gather together,

And we normally have people
like our sisters, our mothers,

Our grandmothers,
who are there with us,

Helping us in the process.

Today I have my sister susan

Who is going to be
helping me.

In making the peki,

We put a layer of the dough
on the stone...

And let that cook.

The stone is very hot,

So you're smoothing
the dough on,

And when you put your hand
back in the bowl,

You're scooping up
cool batter,

Which helps in keeping
your hand cool.

And over time,
your hand will be trained,

So it won't be burnt.

When it starts to curl up
at the top,

That's usually when we can tell
it's cooked

And it's ready to be peeled
off the stone.

This very first sheet
that we take off

Will be given to the fire.

In hopi culture,

We're taught that everything
is connected.

Everything has a purpose,

And everything
has a meaning.

So in feeding the fire

With the first sheet of peki
that you make,

Shows your gratitude
to the different elements

That help sustain life.

The very first time
I sat behind a peki stone

Was probably when I was


I used to watch my grandmother
make peki.

The steam that rises
from the sheet that is cooking

Will help make it flexible
once again.

And then you fold the whole
sheet from the left,

And then from the right,

And then we'll roll it upwards

Until it makes a roll.

When you're able to make
peki bread,

It's a great accomplishment,

And what's even better is when
you give it to someone

And you see that they enjoy it.

[Crunch]

[Susan]
it's good.

[Debbie]
I love peki bread.

Bread baked on a hot stone

Will definitely
taste different

Than bread baked...

In an oven.

And of course the taste of bread
will also depend

On your ingredients.

People usually bake bread

With ingredients they find
near home--

Foods that grow where they live.

That's how most traditional
breads got their start.

Vegetables like red peppers...

Onions...

And parsley
have been used

To spice up the taste of bread
for centuries.

Avatar walia owns dawat,

A restaurant that makes
all kinds of indian bread.

Breads are very,
very important part

Of indian meal.

Without the bread,
meal is not complete.

We make lot of different breads,

But they all start
with the same dough.

When the dough is ready,

We cook it
in the tandoori oven,

Which is made out of
a very special clay.

We try to slap that bread
against the wall,

There, the temperature's
very high,

And the bread can be baked
very quickly.

The magic is with one dough,

Same dough you can make

Not only five or four
different kinds of bread,

You can make 20 different kinds
of breads.

For example,
you can make plain bread,

Which is called naan.

We make another
very special bread

With fruits and nuts
called naan dawat.

The filling could be different,

But the base dough
is the same.

The breads taste different

Because different ingredients
gives a different taste.

We have another way
of preparing a bread

That's called puri bread.

This is a fried bread.

We first make the oil
very, very hot.

Then we keep on pouring
some hot oil onto it

So that it gets air into it,

And it becomes like a balloon.

This bread is a very,
very famous bread in india,

And it's a fantastic bread.

The typical indian way is
you have to use your hands

Rather than knives and forks.

Indian breads
are fantastic breads,

And meal is not complete
till the breads are there.

Mmm.

Now, that looks good.

Baked to perfection.

Now all I have to do
is wait till it cools

To eat my bread.

[Sigh]

This is the part
I don't like--

Waiting.

Ah! But just because
I can't eat bread yet

Doesn't mean
I can't read about it.

So here are three books

That should get a "rise"
out of you,

But you don't have to take
my word for it.

Bread bread bread.

That's the name of the book
I just read.

Can you guess what it's about?

Bread, of course.

Every page has
a picture of bread

Or someone eating it.

The neatest part of this book

Is the index in the back.

It shows you where
each bread comes from.

For example,
this bread comes from israel.

How about this one?

Can you guess
where the bread's from?

India.

In france, this bread
is called a baguette.

Every country
has its own bread.

This bread's from sicily.

Tortillas are mexican bread.

Mmm. This book's
made me hungry.

I'm leah, and I really enjoyed
reading this book.

If you want to learn more,
read bread bread bread.

My name is david,
and I love tortillas.

This book shows
how they're made.

It's called
the tortilla factory.

The story starts on a farm

Where workers plant seeds.

The seeds grow into corn.

The corn is turned
into flour.

Then they make tortillas
from the flour.

The workers eat the tortillas,

Plant more corn,

And everything
starts all over.

I never knew tortillas
were made this way.

This book
might make you hungry,

And you can read it in english
and in spanish.

Enjoy it!

Hi. My name is philip gomes,

And I really like to bake.

So when I read
walter the baker,

I felt really excited.

Walter was
the best baker in town.

He made breads, rolls,
cookies, and tarts.

Walter always used milk
for his baking.

One morning,
the cat spilled the milk.

Walter used water
and hoped no one would notice.

The duke noticed,

The duchess noticed,

And they got angry.

Walter begged
for one more chance.

You'll be really surprised
at what walter makes.

I love to bake.

Baking is my life.

My dad's a chef,

And we love to bake.

I think he'll like this book,
and so will you.

♪ Many different people
from many different lands ♪

♪ Making bread together
from new york to pakistan ♪

♪ All around the world
from france to mexico ♪

♪ We're baking bread together
everywhere we go ♪

♪ Making bread ♪

♪ Baking bread ♪

♪ Making bread ♪

♪ Breaking bread ♪

♪ Cook it in an oven ♪

♪ Fry it in a pan ♪

♪ Bake it on a rock ♪

♪ Make it any way you can ♪

♪ All around the world ♪

♪ From mountains high
to deserts low ♪

♪ We're breaking bread together
everywhere we go ♪

♪ Making bread ♪

♪ Baking bread ♪

♪ Making bread ♪

♪ Breaking bread ♪

♪ Many different people
making bread ♪

♪ Baking bread ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Making bread ♪

♪ Breaking bread ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Making bread ♪

♪ Breaking bread ♪♪

No matter how you slice it,

Bread has a special place
in our lives.

We bake it, we eat it,
we share it.

Even though it seems like
an ordinary food,

It's extraordinary how much
it means to us.

Bread and all the traditions
that surround it

Contribute a great deal
to who we are.

So grab a slice and enjoy.

I'll see you next time.

Mmm. Mmm!

Fantastic!

♪ Butterfly
in the sky ♪

♪ I can go twice as high ♪

♪ Take a look ♪

♪ It's in a book ♪

♪ A reading rainbow ♪

♪ A reading rainbow ♪

♪ A reading rainbow ♪

♪ A reading rainbow ♪

♪ A reading rainbow ♪♪

Today's reading rainbow books
are...

Bread is for eating
by david and phillis gershator,

Illustrated by emma shaw-smith,

Published by
henry holt & company.

Bread bread bread
by ann morris,

Photographs by ken heyman,

Published by lothrop,
lee & shepard@books,

A division
of william morrow & company.

The tortilla factory
by gary paulsen,

Paintings by
ruth wright paulsen,

Published by
harcourt brace & company.

Walter the baker
by eric carle,

Published by simon & schuster
books for young readers.