Maltese Bread - #MaltaTV visits the Maypole Bread Factory

From early days people consumed bread ("ħobż"), as their main source of nourishment. Bread was made from wheat ("qamħ"), flour ("tqiq - dqiq"), and brown bread (ħobż ismar - ħobż ta' l-oħxon"), was made with brownish flour ("tal-maħlut"), consisting of a mixture of corn ("qamħ"), and barley("xgħir"), flour.

Especially on windy days people took wheat and barley seeds to the windmill ("il-Mitħna"), to be grind ("mitħun"), into flour. Through different periods Mellieħa had three windmills ("mtieħen tar-riħ").

The oldest mill was located in Old Mill Street ("Triq l-Mithna il-Qadima"). On the 8th of September 1880, some buglers broke in the mill and set it on fire - the mill was completely destroyed. To replace the burned mill, a new mill ("mitħna"), was built, this time in New Mill Street ("Triq l-Mitħna il-Ġdida").

#MaltaTV visits Maypole, one of Malta's largest production and distribution factories for Maltese bread.

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