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<font face="Times New Roman">One of my favorite
sights in Paris is Parisians walking out of bakeries
or along the street, carrying nothing but a single
fresh baguette. I am always struck by how each of
these individuals has gone out for no other reason
than to buy just one loaf of bread, <i>la baguette</i>,
to accompany their breakfast, lunch, or dinner. And
this custom seems to be a common denominator,
cutting across different ages and ethnic
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">It is fitting,
perhaps, that an early name for the centuries-old style bread was <i>
pain d��galit�</i> (�bread of equality�). In eighteenth century
France, the government decreed that standardized ingredients be used
in making baguettes so that all buyers would get the same quality
bread. But perhaps <i>pain d��galit�</i> has evolved in yet another
way, now expanding the sets of ingredients to create an assortment
of baguette types to please a new diversity of tastes in the
population from the classic baguette to a whole grain baguette to a
version inspired by Turkish bread.</span>The baguette has proved its
resiliency by exhibiting that essential survival trait: the ability
to evolve, adapt, transform.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Even
newcomers or �temporary� Parisians (i.e., travelers, those
studying/working in the city short-term) adopt the baguette-buying
practice before too long. During our precious two-week summer stays
in Paris, either my husband or I go out early in the morning to buy
a baguette from our local <i>boulangerie</i>. </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">This is
a key daily event for us, standing in the queue, taking in
the wonderful aromas of freshly-baked breads, listening to
the stylized �musical' voice of the counter person, <i>
�Qu�est-ce que vous voulez, Monsiuer/Madame?� </i>(�What
would you like Sir/Madame?�). I look at the variety of
baguettes behind the counter: how much it has expanded since
I first started coming to Paris in the 1970�s.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The baguette has proved its resiliency
by exhibiting that essential survival trait: the ability to
evolve, adapt, transform.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This survival trait has shown itself
throughout the baguette�s centuries of history. The
baguette�s very shape is a mark of its adaptability. Why is
the baguette so long and thin? </p>
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<font style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700">�Richness and
poverty must both disappear from the government of equality. It will
no longer make a bread of wheat for the rich and a bread of bran for
the poor.All bakers will be held, under the penalty of imprisonment,
to make only one type of bread: The Bread of Equality.�</font></span></i></p>
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One story says the baguette�s shape was designed to match
the sword holders of soldiers. In the eighteenth century,
Napoleon mandated that his soldiers be well-fed by carrying
two long baguettes that fit neatly into the sword cases they
carried on their hips.
<p><font face="Times New Roman">As Napoleon wanted his
soldiers to be generously nourished, a baguette could be up
to two meters (six and a half feet!) long in that era.</font></p>
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Today, the typical baguette length is about two feet (2/3rds
of a meter) or just under two feet. The length and width
also vary depending on the type of baguette�and these days a
baguette buyer has many types to choose from. </span></p>
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Whether one chooses the <i>baguette traditionnelle</i>, or the <i>
baguette aux c�r�ales </i>(whole grain), or the <i>ficelle </i>or <i>
flute</i> (particularly thin baguettes) -- to acquire and eat the
baguette is to take in one of the beautiful and alive aspects of a
beautiful, vibrant, and evolving city and its culture.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In our Paris <i>quartier</i>, La Butte-aux-Cailles,
in the 13<sup>th</sup> arrondissement, (a quarter noted for being
the last hold-out of the post-French revolution Paris commune) two
<i>merveilleuses boulangeries</i> are Lorette and L�Essentiel, </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To aid you in your further explorations
of the baguette, here are links to a web sites that provides
more fun facts and info:</p>
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<a href="https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/french-baguette-facts-figure/">
https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/french-baguette-facts-figure/</a>
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<a href="https://curiousrambler.com/2015/03/20/legends-laws-and-lengthy-loaves/">
https://curiousrambler.com/2015/03/20/legends-laws-and-lengthy-loaves/</a>
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Patty Duffy</span></p>
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