[Sca-cooks] Period food myths

Terry Decker t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Sun Apr 6 21:30:56 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.
>
>
> -- 
> Antonia Calvo

Possibly, but I think the bakery that was unearthed at Giza was in a 
building.

Bear 




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