Hey folks! France just did something interesting. Theyāve encased their famous (French bread) into a postal stamp. And it actually smells like a bakery! But why are they celebrating something as basic as bread? You see, a baguette isnāt regular bread.
Itās probably made with just flour, water, salt and a leavening agent. But the delicate art of making it is something only signature bakers have mastered. Apparently, itās ā250 grams of magic and perfectionā as President Emmanuel Macron puts it.
And you can be sure it is, because it has even made it to the list of UNESCOās Intangible Cultural Heritage list in . And to celebrate this humble culinary jewel, Philaposte, Franceās postal stamps printer has inked stamps with the bakery scent, with the French postal service rolling them out for sale on May 17th ā the day of the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs. Inking these stamps was also as delicate as the art of making a baguette.
Thanks to the ink which has microcapsules that release the fragrance if rubbed. So the printers had to be very careful about not breaking them, so that only customers could scratch and sniff these postal stamps. That makes us wonder, how much time until Indiaās rose and saffron scented gulab jamun, golgappa or Kolkata biryani make it to UNESCOās Intangible Cultural Heritage list, because it would be great to have postal stamps smelling like Indian food, donāt you think? š by Pineapple Express You can thank our reader Avadh.