[Sca-cooks] Was bread served warm?

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Sep 25, 2005, at 12:29 AM, Terry Decker wrote:

> Large loaves retain moisture better than small loaves.  Whole wheat  
> and rye retain moisture better than standard wheat flour.  Trencher  
> loaves are small loaves between six and eight ounces.

Are you sure about this? I mean, this is a loaf whose slices, after  
trimming square, were used to line plates or serve as plates. Would  
they really be no larger than a manchet?

BTW, has anyone else seen the poufy, ~grapefruit-sized "French Rolls"  
sold by the Dunkin' Donuts chain, and their almost remarkable  
resemblance to pictures of medieval manchets?

Adamantius





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