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Miche is a French word for a large loaf of bread. It is usually round, but can also mean large rectangular loaves with rounded corners.

It is sometimes referred to as a large country loaf.

History
Often in France and in Quebec in the 1600 and 1700s, a woman would bake her bread as one large "miche" weighing up to 10 pounds (4 1/2 kg.)

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French Breads
Baguettes, French Bread Law (1993), Miche, Pain au Froment, Pain au Levain, Pain au Son, Pain Complet, Pain de Campagne, Pain de Mie, Pain Pavé, Pain Paysan, Pain Poilâne, Pain Viennois

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Bread
Bagels, Biscuits, Bread Crumbs, Bread Improvers, Flat Breads, Kalakukko Bread, Quick Breads, Quignon, Rusks, Sippets, Tartine, Toast, Unleavened Bread