[Sca-cooks] Pantry raid...

[Terry Decker]

>
> how far back do double-baked breads & pastries go? (biscotti?) one would 
> expect drier items to keep better
>
> ch/ger

Panis biscotus.  Twice baked bread.  The Egyptians had something of the 
sort.  The Romans had bucellum.  King Richard had biskits of muslin (maslin, 
mixed grain) on the 3rd Crusade.  Rusks and hardtack were prepared 
commercially in Italy during the Middle Ages for various sea ventures. 
They've been around almost for forever.

Bear