Patience is in short supply, and people fear there might not be enough bread to go around.

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The concept seemed simple enough: spread peanut butter onto bread, add a healthy dose of jelly and presto!

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But bread and an absence of war is enough for many rural Belarusians, accustomed to surviving winter on home-brew and pickles.

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Unilever took herring and cod, coated them with bread crumbs and sliced them into rectangles small enough for children to pick up.

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While there was enough food to feed the nation, stocks of symbolic items like bread were running low.

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Three years of Saturdays helping Tony Genaro deliver Italian bread reinforced it, but just being in Fairview was enough.

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First of all, it was soft enough to be easily mashed with a fork, but, more important, coarsely mixed bread was essential to make the meatballs fluffy and plump.

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She prodded the bread in a bowl of milk with her finger to see if it was soggy enough.

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