SC - bakers rings

[Stefan li Rous]

Balthazar of Blackmoor had mentioned baker's rings found in the ruins
of Pompeii and hypothesis about bakers unions and then in a
more recent message said:

> As for the bakers rings, I can't imagine any other
> reason to have them except for as a symbol of pride
> and solidarity...Therefore I, and several other
> culinary historians (theorists?) have assumed they
> were members of a rudimentary Guild...

Ah! Okay, this makes more sense now. You mean jewelry, finger rings
worn by bakers. For some reason I thought you were talking about
some kind of baking of cooking implement. I guess I was thinking of
some kind of trivet or some such.

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