- Russian Mennonite zwieback
Russian Mennonite zwieback is a yeastbread roll formed from two pieces of dough that are pulled apart when eaten. Placing the two balls of dough one on top of the other so that the top one does not fall off during the baking process is part of the art and challenge that must be mastered by the baker. Traditionally, this type of zwieback are baked Saturday and eaten Sunday morning and for afternoonFaspa .Voth, Norma Jost, "Mennonite Foods & Folkways from South Russia, Volumes I", pp. 35-55. Good Books, 1990. ISBN 0-934672-89-X]Russian Mennonite zwieback originated in port cities of the Netherlands or
Danzig , where toasted, dried buns were used to provision ships. Mennonite immigrants continued this practice centuries later.See also
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Zwieback
*Rusk
*Toast References
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