Rewena bread, also called Maori bread, is a type of sourdough bread from New Zealand, leavened with a fermented potato starter rather than commercial yeast. It originated among the Maori people and remains closely associated with Maori cuisine.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Metro magazine food history places rewena bread emergence after wheat reached New Zealand in 1769 and potatoes in 1772, describing the bread as emerging somewhere in amongst that history without a precise year; placed in the nineteenth century as the earliest defensible bound rather than the exact introduction years themselves. Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own account Connections
Expresses Tradition
Source Rewena Bread (Wikipedia)
Source Rewena Bread (Wikipedia)
Uses Ingredient
Source Rewena Bread (Wikipedia)
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1. Rewena Bread (Wikipedia)
Wikipedialead sectionQuote, lead section
It originated amongst the Maori people and is closely associated with Maori cuisine.
2. Rewena Is Unique To Aotearoa (Metro)
Metrohistory sectionQuote, history section
Somewhere in amongst this history, rewena bread emerged: a marriage of wheat and potatoes, cultures and carbohydrates.
Rewena Bread (Wikipedia)
- Expresses Tradition: Bread Baking, Wikipedia category: Category:New Zealand breads
- Expresses Tradition: Sourdough Bread Making, Wikipedia category: Category:Sourdough breads
- Uses Ingredient: Water, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Māori potatoes|Potato]], Flour, Water, Sugar, Salt
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