The Herculaneum loaf is a stamped sourdough loaf of bread baked in the town of Herculaneum shortly before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It survives today because it was carbonised in the eruption, and it was discovered on the archaeological site in 1930.
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The Herculaneum loaf is a stamped sourdough loaf of bread that was baked in the town of Herculaneum shortly before the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Herculaneum loaf (Wikipedia)
Expresses Tradition: Sourdough Bread Making, lead paragraphQuote, Expresses Tradition: Sourdough Bread Making, lead paragraph
The Herculaneum loaf is a stamped sourdough loaf of bread that was baked in the town of Herculaneum shortly before the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
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