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The bakery in Sardinia was always an art of fundamental importance, all reserved for women who have proven able to preserve it and pass it to this day.
A woman could not be considered good home if it was not able to pack some good bread, and esteem for him grew enormously if proved capable of skillfully decorate this precious food, creating what is still remembered as Pani Pintau.
To date, handmade, these breads are the result of the hands of an artist who can mold into a enviable semolina, water and salt.
They are usually made to celebrate the most important phases of the life of each individual, and have the important function of enhancing the special moment.
Wonderful products for those engagements, for weddings or baptisms.
Elaborate, however, retain a certain sobriety and are characterized by stylized figures and plastic compositions carved and pierced through the use of scissors, knives, tweezers and wheels.
In some cases they are also used stamps and punches, and some are even polished loaves of bread and took the name ischeddau.
Today it is possible for tourists to take home with them a fragment of Sardinia, well represented in these exceptional breads, which are increasingly being produced and sold as souvenirs during the holidays.
To make it easier to transport are often kept in small plastic bags, while the more valuable will be kept and decorated in delicate reliquaries.
Among the most original and innovative solutions that break with tradition is the bread that echo the shape of the letters of the alphabet.
It 's hard to say no to an object so great that few will enjoy preferring to eat with the eyes of an excellent fruit of hard work Sardinian women.
