[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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