[Sca-cooks] cakes

[Stefan li Rous]

Bear replied to me with:
> A two penny loaf is a loaf that can be purchased for two pence.  Under 
> the
> Assize of Bread, the weight of the loaf varied by the market price of 
> the
> grain and the quality of the flour.  For example, in 1329 a two penny 
> loaf
> of white bread would have been 7 pounds 10 ounces a voirdupois.  It 
> would
> have been somewhat less in the latter half of the 17th Century when 
> Evelyn
> was cooking.

A *seven* pound loaf of white bread??? That sounds like either an 
awfully large loaf or rather heavy bread. I just went and checked a 
fairly standard sized loaf of Dark whole Wheat bread, the only bread 
currently in my kitchen, and it is only one pound, 8 ounces. And I 
would expect that to be a bit heavier than a *white* bread.

Stefan
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