[Sca-cooks] Period food myths

CorwynWdwd at aol.com CorwynWdwd at aol.com
Sun Apr 6 17:33:14 PDT 2008


 
 
In a message dated 4/4/2008 10:48:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
countgunthar at hotmail.com writes:

Bread  had bits of grit from stone grinding so people's teethwore down over 
the  years. 


I'd read this about ancient Egypt, backed up be X-rays of mummies but  the 
Middle Ages? Apparently in Egypt they used sandstone for the grinding of  flour 
hence the flattened worn teeth.
 
Corwyn
 
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