The Assize of Bread and Ale statute set the price of ale and what weight a farthing loaf of bread should be. Specifically it stated:. So basically, in terms of bread, setting the relationship between the price of wheat and what the subsequent price of a loaf of bread from a certain quantity of wheat should be.
Even though this statute was enacted at the request of bakers, it still posed a problem for them. This practice eventually made its way into the Worshipful Company of Bakers London guild code. This guild was actually started in the 12th century and had a large part in formulating the rules on the Assize of Bread and Ale statute.
So in this case, vendors were being given a sort of wholesale price, but without breaking the laws outlined in the Assize of Bread and Ale which had no exceptions for allowing a cheaper price to vendors. This theory has some holes in it, but is quite plausible on the whole. Yet another theory is that it was simply a product of the way bakers bake bread.
Baking trays tend to have a aspect ratio. It was important to avoid the corners because the corners of a baking tray will heat up and cool off faster than the edges and the interior, which would result in not cooking anything on the corner evenly with the rest.
Wow, thanks for an interesting piece of info! I liked the theory about baking trays, I think it has a lot of sense for this very issue. Where and the heck to do you find all of this stuff? I wonder about things like this too, but am constantly amazed at what you are able dig up, especially some of the more obscure posts.
However, the problem remains that yeast in bread dough has a mind of its own and the weight of two loaves of identical size might weigh different amounts—so bakers began throwing in an extra loaf for good measure when customers ordered a dozen. That way the baker would never be found short of the legal standard. This luxury has persisted through the centuries even though no such law exists in our society today—and if you're anything like us, we're grateful a baker's dozen doesn't abide by the same rules of mathematics as everything else.
Be it fresh doughnuts , an assortment of cookies, or a box of delicate pastries, there always seems to be room for just one more. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Non-necessary Non-necessary.
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When selling single loaves to individuals they would offer a small extra piece of bread. The Worshipful Company still exists and reports that this carried on within living memory and that a small 'in-bread' was often given with each loaf. So, that's the practice, what about the phrase? That goes back to at least , as in this odd quotation from John Cooke's Tu Quoque :. The phrase is related to the practice described in John Goodwin's A Being Filled with the Spirit, referring back to a quotation from
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