A German ligature that originally stood for 'sz', but can be transliterated as 'ss'. It is never found in Swiss German. It looks like a B, but sounds like an S. Compare to the boring language known as English, which only has the ligatures Ã and Å, which are rarely used.
The only other flour used in traditional pumpernickel is wheat flour, which is used as an ingredient in the sourdough starter, a pre-fermented flour, water and yeast mixture that combines with the rye flour to hold the bread together.
2. The flour for making pumpernickel is coarsely ground while that for rye is not coarse. 3. Pumpernickel bread tends to be darker and more strongly flavored than regular rye breads. 4. Pumpernickel bread is also more sweetened than regular rye breads due to the long slow baking over low heat.he flour for making pumpernickel is coarsely ground while that for rye is not coarse. 3. Pumpernickel bread tends to be darker and more strongly flavored than regular rye breads. 4. Pumpernickel bread is also more sweetened than regular rye breads due to the long slow baking over low heat.