Cultural and Religious Significance of Baking Baking, especially of bread, holds special significance for many cultures. It is such a fundamental part of everyday food consumption that the childrens [[nursery rhyme]] [[Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, bakers man]] takes baking as its subject. Baked goods are normally served at all kinds of [[party]] and special attention is given to their quality at formal events. They are also one of the main components of a [[tea party]], including at nursery teas and high teas, a tradition which started in Victorian Britain, reportedly when [[Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford]] grew tired of the sinking feeling which afflicted her every afternoon round 4 oclock ... In 1840, she plucked up courage and asked for a tray of tea, bread and butter, and cake to be brought to her room. Once she had formed the habit she found she could not break it, so spread it among her friends instead. As the century progressed, afternoon tea became increasingly elaborate.{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Helen|title=The London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea: The Art & Pleasures of Making Tea|year=1986|publisher=Angus & Robertson Publishers|location=London|isbn=0-207-15415-5|page=16}} For Jews, [[Matzo]] is a baked product of considerable religious and ritual significance. Baked matzah bread can be ground up and used in other dishes, such as [[Gefilte fish]], and baked again. For Christians, bread has to be baked to be used as an essential component of the sacrament of the [[Eucharist]]. In the [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] tradition, baked bread in the form of birds is given to children to carry to the fields in a spring ceremony that celebrates the [[Forty Martyrs of Sebaste]]. Wikipedia
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