[Sca-cooks] Byzantine bread stamps
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Thu Jun 8 21:38:22 PDT 2006
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
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