Reply To: When Did People Start Eating Shmura Maztos The Entire Pesach?

I do not know for a fact what type of flour the machine matza bakeries use. My guess is that they do not just buy gold medal flour. I assume (again not based on fact-someone correct me if they can) that matza bakeries use flour that was ground for the purpose of matza. In that case it would qualify as “shomer mishaas techina” which the MB says is kept by “holy Jews”.
I apologize for using flippant language which some may have read as too harsh. Instead of saying super frummies I should have used the language of the MB “Yisreol kedoshim heim….”
My point was not to belittle those who take on additional chumros. It was merely to enlighten those who may not be aware that shmura matza is not required for meals other than the seder. Those who sacrifice and cut down on other expenses for the sake of fulfilling greater hidurim should also be praised. I also genuinely wanted to know what did the average Orthodox Ben Torah Yorei shomayim do 60-100 years ago. This is all really relevant for those who do not consider machine matzos to be chametz (machine vs. hand debate). If anyone has historical data it would be appreciated. Yes the input of From LI and BP 27 is appreciated and very interesting