SC - Fw: [CALONTIR] Bread

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 5 Sep 00,, that Jenne Heise wrote:

> > The Northumberland Household Book (c. 1512) has a whole section 
on what
> > everyone ate for breakfast, from the Earl and his family down to the
> > stable boys.

> Hm. I'd like more information about this. This is the one reference I've
> seen to period 'breakfast'-- I was under the impression that one did not
> break the fast until 11:00 or so.. more like lunch.
> 
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.

I only have a few pages photocopied out of the book, which I got when 
researching trenchers.  It clearly uses the term "breakfast", but does 
not say at what hour it was eaten.


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