Seems like a simple serving thing. For no exact reason I think of the expression 'breaking bread' as being some throwback to when bread was just something you ripped a chunk off of rather than a roll or slice. This would fit my head story.
You would be correct! While this particular innovation of pre-forming pieces to be broken is not directly connected, breaking bread at a table was a common method of dividing up full loaves of bread for consumption, and eating at someone else's table was considered an exceptionally friendly form of socialization. You wouldn't just invite anyone into your house and to eat your food unless you thought they were at least okay folks!
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janus2@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 309d
people really loved a good wedge shaped bread slice then huh
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 10 pts · 309d
Seems like a simple serving thing. For no exact reason I think of the expression 'breaking bread' as being some throwback to when bread was just something you ripped a chunk off of rather than a roll or slice. This would fit my head story.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 8 pts · 309d
You would be correct! While this particular innovation of pre-forming pieces to be broken is not directly connected, breaking bread at a table was a common method of dividing up full loaves of bread for consumption, and eating at someone else's table was considered an exceptionally friendly form of socialization. You wouldn't just invite anyone into your house and to eat your food unless you thought they were at least okay folks!
PugJesus@piefed.social · 10 pts · 309d
Easy to tear off! It was a convenience, like sliced bread in the modern day!
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d
It was the greatest invention since . . . well . . . uh . . .
RegularJoe@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 309d
GTKashi@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 309d
Is this a Captcha? Because three of these are just the same bread. Two of those three are the exact same picture.
egrets@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d
B1 might also be B2 but after the archaeologists got a bit peckish.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 309d
Wow... They all burned their bread? 🤔
PugJesus@piefed.social · 8 pts · 309d
Clumsy bunch in Pompeii
hOrni@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d
The Scone of Stone.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 4 pts · 309d
Used to crown a king?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d
Or brain a moron, sure.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d
Looks like dwarf bread to me.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 1 pts · 309d
Goes well with ketchup and rats
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 2 pts · 309d
Yummy!
PugJesus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 309d
Charcoal bricks... just like mama used to make...