Beautifully written and observed. I went to that museum a few years ago , and you took me back there. My visit was before I grew to love fermenting, so I really enjoyed your thoughts about how the storage building was integral to survival.
It would be interesting to know more about the sugar loaf. Is it just sugar, but in a shape? Did one scrape it off to use? It is certainly an interesting centrepiece.
Yes! Sugar was often sold in loaves then scraped off. It is typically less refined than our standard sugar for baking today (white granulated sugar like we have today is a very modern invention), and was also more expensive than today's sugar. Maybe I'll do a post on it at some point!
Beautifully written and observed. I went to that museum a few years ago , and you took me back there. My visit was before I grew to love fermenting, so I really enjoyed your thoughts about how the storage building was integral to survival.
It would be interesting to know more about the sugar loaf. Is it just sugar, but in a shape? Did one scrape it off to use? It is certainly an interesting centrepiece.
Yes! Sugar was often sold in loaves then scraped off. It is typically less refined than our standard sugar for baking today (white granulated sugar like we have today is a very modern invention), and was also more expensive than today's sugar. Maybe I'll do a post on it at some point!