🏺🥖🏺Bread in Ancient Pompeii

 🥖🏺Bread in Ancient Pompeii 

Pompeians  citizens learned the trade of baker in the 2nd century BC,

Thanks to contact with Greek culture.In the ruins of Pompeii, remains of bread have been found, along with molds and utensils related to the art of breadmaking.

✅The Pompeains made unleavened and leavened bread, with and without salt, breads made from various grains, breads with spices, with aromatic herbs, with honey, with cheese and raisins, and breads of various qualities.

 ✅ They used various types of baking:

🥖in the oven, over ashes, in molds.

🥖Bread with wine, with oil, with milk and pepper...

🥖There were also breads for special days and festivals.

✅In 30 BC, there were 30 bread ovens in Pompeii .

A city prepared to supply the entire population.

✅The price of bread was regulated.

There was a college of bakers that enjoyed some tax privileges.

A common food that was never lacking in the pantry of Roman citizens.

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