European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily ms1agazine _ Sis Che o boy we Fry to please everybody by setting an assortment of breads master Baker Klaus Ohtis. Breaking bread in deutschland Tymi Cheleras staff writer if you miss the confusion of ordering a cola inthe slates there s no such thing As just Acola anymore try deciding which kind of bread to buy from a German bakery. All those different Colas it turns out Are vastly outnumbered 6y the variety of loaves on display. In Germany More than 200 kinds of bread and More than 1.200 other baked products Grace the tables of German households every Day. In some Homes it s customary to serve several types of bread at a meal to suit everyone s individual tastes. We iry to please everybody by Selling an assortment of breads. With so Many different breads customers Here sometimes Don t buy a loaf of each they Purchase three or four slices of their favorite kinds. Some bakeries even sell a mixed Loal a Pound made up of slices from different breads already wrapped and marked for Sale said master Baker Klaus Theis of Stromberg West Germany a Village in Central Germany some 50 Miles West of Frankfurt. Theis has been a Baker for 30 years the tast 20 in his own family run bakery. Theis his wife and son bake and sell 15 types of breads eight different kinds of Brotcher Small Rolland a variety of pastries. On breads we bake All kinds. Farmer s bread whole Grain mined Grain and special seeded breads sesame Caraway a and poppy seed. This summer we used about to Kilos More than 20 pounds of Sunflower seeds from the local Farmers for  bread baking is a tradition in Germany not just a business. Bread was at one time reserved for festive occasions but became part of the daily meal shortly after the thirty years War 1618-1648. The rapidly increasing population made it necessary to secure the Supply of bread by shifting the baking of daily bread from Trie Home to the Trade. It also does t Bend to trends. Even the popular drive to fitness consciousness in Germany did not affect the bread business to any great degree. The More fibrous breads such As whole Grain mixed Grain and special fitness breads Are More in daily demand than before but the traditional Farmer s bread is St