Why Are French Baguettes So Long? - Chowhound
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There is a popular legend that attributes the baguette's long shape to none other than Napoleon Bonaparte. It's said that Napoleon decreed that loaves of bread should be made long and slender so they would fit into his soldiers' coat pockets. However, unlike the invention of canned food, Napoleon probably doesn't deserve credit for this culinary invention, as concrete evidence for this theory is lacking.…
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