[Sca-cooks] Period food myths

Antonia Calvo ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Sun Apr 6 17:40:41 PDT 2008


CorwynWdwd at aol.com wrote:

>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.
>  
>

I heard that about Egypt too, but the explanation was that bread was 
baked outdoors and picked up bits of sand/grit.


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Antonia Calvo 
(formerly known as Adele de Maisieres)

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