[Sca-cooks] Bread Puzzles - Paris

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Without working my way all the way through a translation of this complex  
text, this note after the baking might be of interest:
 
"And of the said bread baked 352 pounds, 9 ounces
And the flour  weighing 334 lb 6 ounces
Remains 18 lb 3 ounces for the water"
 
Jim  Chevallier

Contributor, Savoring Gotham
A Food  Lover's Companion to New York City
Editor-in-chief: Andrew F.  Smith and Foreword by Garrett Oliver
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In a message dated 2/3/2016 11:54:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com writes:

The other bread test I referenced (but did not translate) might  be of 
interest, although it is less detailed. This is from Paris in  1432:

_https://books.google.com/books?id=qnEnhvWuWgYC&dq=pain%20%22deux%20doubles%
22&pg=PA995#v=onepage&q&f=true_ 
(https://books.google.com/books?id=qnEnhvWuWgYC&dq=pain%20"deux%20doubles"&pg=PA995#v=onepage&q&f=true) 

It  includes a list of costs at the end. Note that one item that is NOT 
mentioned  here is salt.