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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>"... and the Count saved back a
fourteenth part of the grain like a crofter wife saving bread dough for the next
baking...." </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM>La vita nuova (The New Life)</EM> (c. 1293). Dante
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>That would be Italian, but strongly hints
at a sour dough style bread. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Thanks for all the references people have
sent. Keep them coming if you find anything that is period and tells how to
start a dough with out using beer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Athaulf
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