SC - trencher question (WAS: table manners)
Woeller D
angeliq1 at erols.com
Wed Jan 14 06:31:43 PST 1998
> << I think (completley undocumented of course) that the reason they used
> bread trenchers at large feasts is the same reason we use paper/plastic
> plates at picnics and the like:
> who would want to do all of those dishes afterwards?
> Beatrix >>
>
> Plus the Cloisters in New York have a beautiful display of glass and blown glass dishes. I would ten to agree with yo that the wood/bread trenchers were> used for large get togethers. . Even with the advent of wood trenchers, bread trenchers were also sometimes used with them. As a side note the used bread trenchers were often saved and soaked in wine for breakfast the next day,
> IIRC.
>
> Ras
Sops! :)
Angelique
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