Behemoth Bread Machines

Wheat is the source of flour used for breads, pastas, cookies, cakes, and many other delightful items. It is a grass like plant that grows quite tall and the wheat kernels are what develop when the plant goes to seed. Thousands of years ago, wheat was harvested by hand. A scythe was used to cut the stalks. The stalks were gathered into a pile and then beaten with sticks to knock the kernels out. The straw was removed and then the kernels had to be repeatedly thrown into the air so that the wind would blow the chaff away. The cleaned wheat could then be ground and used for food. Now, machines are used to harvest large amounts of grain in a short period of time. Thirty tons of steel that can hold up to nine tons of wheat truly makes a behemoth bread machine.