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Default Remember a round bread loaf from the 70s or 80s?

On 4/24/2018 5:56 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 10:14:11 PM UTC-4, Mike_Duffy wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:38:48 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> Nor do I remember the brand name.

>>
>> Pumpernickel? (German for 'Devil Fart'.)
>>
>> It's not a brand name; rather it is the word for a spherical loaf of dark
>> rye.

>
> Pumpernickel doesn't need to be round. It's defined by the type of
> flour with which it is made.
>

I've seen oval loaves far more often than round ones. And when I make
pumpernickel bread myself, I make it oval.