[Sca-cooks] Byzantine bread stamps

[Terry Decker]

Bread stamps like this are pressed into the shaped loaf before being put in 
the oven.  They are still used to decorate the Eucharist for the Greek 
Orthadox Church.

Bear


> >From the Byzantine List:
>
> <http://www.iconastas.co.uk/stock.asp?Cat=5>
> <http://www.cookieboard.com/Home%20Pages/Related2.html>
>
> On both of these pages are Byzantine bread stamps. The second page has 
> info
> on why they were used, but I wonder how they were used. Were bread loaves
> baked on top of them?
>
> Samia
>
>
> -- 
> Saint Phlip