Questions about Bread

Reference code
FOL.QUES/32
Level of description
Series
Title
Questions about Bread
Scope and content
1. Do you now eat home-made or bought bread?
2. When did bread deliveries start in your area?
3. How far did you live from a baker's shop?
4. What type of bread was made in your home?
5. On special occasions, were special kinds of bread eaten? Give details.
6. (a) Where was flour kept in the house?
(b) Where was it procured?
7. Where was leaven procured?
8. What materials other than flour were used in bread-making?
9. Where was bread kept in the house?
10. How long was it considered edible?
11. What was done with stale bread?
12. How large was the average baking?
13. Who in the family did the baking?
14. Was bread cut before or during a meal?
15. Was it eaten with or after the main course?
16. Please give any names you know for particular kinds of bread or particular parts of the loaf.
17. Please give recipes for particular kinds of homemade bread.