SC - re news flash!!!

[Nisha Martin]

Balthazar of Blackmoor asked:
> - --- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
> > Yes, these are very general comments to which
> > exceptions can probably
> > always be found. Pompeii is however not in the
> > medieval time period.
> > While it existed then, I doubt there was too much
> > bread making going
> > on.
> 
> Stefan,
> Why do you doubt there was too much bread making going
> on in Pompeii during the Middle Ages?  One of the most
> important finds in the Pompeii excavation was (were?)
> a pair of Bakers Rings...which not only indicates that
> the Bakery profession was in full swing, but also that
> they had "Unionized", or created Guilds.  The rings, I
> believe, were in the possession of Chef Luis Zathmary,
> and now reside in the Johnson and Wales Culinary
> Museum (though i could be wrong about any of the
> statements above)

But unless I'm thinking of somewhere else, I thought Pompeii was
covered in volcanic ash and/or lava flow in classical times.

I think it's awlfully hard to bake bread in Pompeii when it is
covered in lava or ash. You might cook on top of the pile I guess, but
why?
- -- 
Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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