[Sca-cooks] Period Feasts, bread, butter

[Johnna Holloway]

Perhaps if bread was thought of as a mainstay part of the diet and not an afterthought, it would be easier to understand the 1-2 pounds a day suggestion for workers who spent their days in hard physical labor.  I'd suggest taking a look at Peter Brears' books on cooking and dining in England or you might like this article from Penn State.
http://www.engr.psu.edu/mtah/articles/flower_of_wheat.htm

Johnnae
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> On Oct 5, 2016, at 1:15 AM, Stefan li Rous <stefanlirous at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bear highlighted:
> <<< Bread of some form was served at almost every meal.  Based on the available 
> records, it is estimated that per capita consumption averaged 1 to 2 pounds 
> per day. >>>
> I think we’ve discussed this before, but wow. That’s seems like a lot of bread. Whether it is light and fluffy or dense, whole wheat. That’s a loaf or bread. Or two. Snipped
> Even with only two meals that seems like a awful lot of bread. And that doesn’t include all the starch/grain in beer that might have been eaten with that. With a lot of manual labor, I guess you burn all that off, but it still seems like a lot.
> Stefan
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