DIASPORICAN: illyanna Maisonet is Puerto Rican in California

DIASPORICAN: illyanna Maisonet is Puerto Rican in California

Historic Bakeries In Puerto Rico Are Still Baking Bread. Here’s How To Find Them.

One bakery has been operating and baking its titillatingly-named bread in the town of Morovis since 1862.

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illyanna Maisonet
Jan 14, 2025
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It’s hard to find good bread in Puerto Rico. Even the bread that’s considered “good,” is really an “in comparison” situation. “Good” is subjective. The type of bread I prefer is usually sourdough, formed into a pullman-shaped loaf and cut into slices. This type of bread can be hard to track down on the island. The type of bread I’m used to is the kind I grew up on; industrialized white and “wheat” Wonder Bread from the Hostess factory. This type of bread is rampant in Puerto Rico. There are still bakeries on the island where you can find a variety of freshly baked loaves of bread. Some of the bakeries, and the bread recipes themselves, have been around since the mid 1800s. Here’s a list of some of the more obscure bread shapes that are mostly unknown outside of Puerto Rico and where to find them.

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