Zwieback

Zwieback is a type of crispy, sweetened bread, made with eggs and baked twice. The second time it is baked it is sliced first, producing crispy, brittle slices that closely resemble melba toast.^[1] Zwieback is commonly used to feed teething children.^[1] For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation). ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ... Baking is the technique of cooking food in an oven by dry heat applied evenly throughout the oven. ... A material is brittle if it is subject to fracture when subjected to stress i. ... Melba toast is a very dry, crisp, thinly sliced toast often served with soups and salads, or topped with melted cheese. ... Teething is the process during which an infants teeth start to sequentially grow in. ...

The name comes from German zwei, meaning "two", and backen, meaning "to bake".^[2]

Pop-culture references

• In an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer the Smithers", the character Smithers remarks to his boss Mr. Burns, "...I've alphabetized your breakfast. You can start with the waffles, and work your way up to the zwieback."
• In the 1991 movie Doc Hollywood, when Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) first arrives in Grady, nurse Packer tells him there is Zwieback and Vitamin C in the cabinet.
• In "Dear Mildred", an episode of the TV series M*A*S*H, Radar O'Reilly compares his first days with Colonel Potter to visiting summers with his prim-and-proper aunt; "You can't dunk your zwieback in your Bosco."

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See also

• Biscotti
• Rusk
• Russian Mennonite zwieback
• Toast

A plate of biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto, roughly meaning twice baked) are crisp Italian cookies often containing nuts or flavored with anise. ... A rusk is a hard dry biscuit, or a slice of bread baked again until it is hard and crisp (also known as Zwieback). ... This article is about the food. ...

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