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#Bread symbols, shapes, #foodways and folklore. I also love cakes and pies

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❤️ 🍞 Healthcare worker gets funding for a really good job from Kingsmill #Bread’s (@Allied_Bakeries) “Slice of Kindness” project 👏

[Grantham Journal @GranthamJournal]

The funding has been made available through the Kingsmill Slice of Kindness Pledge
https://t.co/OabisQg3L6

[Foods of England @FoodsOfEngland]

Hey Twitter! Anyone know anything about Monsieur J Rondalin, the reputed inventor of Twiglets? https://t.co/3P6CrXnrOc

[Foods of England @FoodsOfEngland]

Bakewell Pudding. Who wants to try out the original receipts? (Including the 1727 version, and the ones with jam AND potato in them).
https://t.co/37wXKVXlSE

[Dr Lindsay Middleton is Well Fed&Well Read @lindsmiddleton]

Thrilled to have incorporated two historical toasted cheese recipes into a very technical and crucial part of my thesis. 🧀

[Folklore, Food & Fairytales @FairytalesFood]

In Cornwall the last sheaf of corn cut at harvest-time was “the neck”. When the neck was cut at the house of a squire, the reapers assembled & cried “the neck”, with the addition of “and for our pains we do deserve a glass of brandy, strong beer, and a bun.” #SuperstitionSat

[Republican Calendar @sansculotides]

Today is quartidi 4 Fructidor in the year of the Republic CCXXX, celebrating six-row barley.

[Wheel Of The Year @YearWheel]

A recipe for St. Roch's feast day

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The 50 Most Popular British #Desserts
Ranked in order of popularity!!!

⁦@TasteAtlas⁩
https://t.co/ieBTdKfUPd

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“Before 1940, a French adult consumed about 500g of bread each day.” With #rationing, this went as low as 200g.
Even worse, “the nutritive value of bread made with today’s ersatz ingredients … is vastly inferior to yesterday’s honest fare”

#AlmanachHachette
#infographic

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

Today is Lammas, an Anglo-Saxon harvest festival celebrated on 1 August. The name comes from 'hlafmæsse', 'loaf-mass', a feast of bread - it may have been a day for blessing loaves of bread made from the first wheat of the harvest. https://t.co/CQQNAyyuxj

[Layton Collection @LaytonTrust]

"A Collection of Several Authentic Accounts of the History & Price of Wheat, Bread, Malt, &c", John Penkethman, 1748.

This book compares prices and weights across nearly 700 years, noting punishments handed out to dishonest milliners and bakers. https://t.co/2R19qVMIE3 #Lammas

[Xane @XaneThe2nd]

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Michetta: Traditional Bread From Lombardy
#Austrians were in #Lombardy from 1815-1866 and made lovely soft bread it was too rubbery for the local climate.
BUT when reformulated with a hollow middle and crispy crust, a STAR WAS BORN⭐️

From @TasteAtlas ⬇️ https://t.co/qXRGZzwBiw

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Feast of San Calogero / Festival of the bread puppets
18 June and 21 August 2022 https://t.co/AnmL3qP5pY

[Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary]

Cookery book: 18th century recipes ranging from plague water to chocolate puffs; completely digitized https://t.co/eo2GL44ehp sections on Wet Sweet Meats; Dry Sweet Meats; Creams & Cheeses; Possetts & Sillibubs; Puddings & Pyes; Soups & Made Dishes; To Pickell; & The Side Dishes

[M. @MsPechuga]

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