Rewena bread Rewena bread Rēwena parāoa (literally, "leavened bread," also spelled rewana) is a traditional Māori sourdough potato bread. Rēwena means both "bread made with potato yeast" and "the process of fermentation that causes bread to rise." The Maori word for potato, 'riwai' (sometimes spelled 'rewa'), is the root word of rēwena. Rēwena bread uses a pre-ferment starter, also called a ‘bug.’ It is created by boiling and mashing potatoes, then adding flour and sugar. Kumara, or sweet potatoes, may also be used. The mixture is then allowed to ferment from one to several days, depending on the ambient temperature and humidity.
Bost's Bread "The Best Taste You Ever Toasted", and "Baked Slow to Sell Fast" became bywords and embedded into the cultural slang-speak of the area where Bost's Bread was sold. In the late 1970s the Bost's Bakery was sold to Wonder Bread, which operated the Bakery for a decade, adding its staple "Wonder Bread", Twinkies, frosted cupcakes and other confections to the product line alongside the bread products. In the late 1980s the parent company of Bost's and Wonder Bread shut down the bakery, ending a tasty chapter in the history of Shelby and Cleveland County, North Carolina. Wonder Bread and Hostess