>
> In the recent BBC "What the Romans did for us" series, they
re-enacted
> Roman soldiers making bread by hand from grain. I suspect they
ground and
> baked it themselves in most cases. It was quite convincing (in that
they
> made palatable bread in quite a short period of time with minimal
> equipment).
A small hand-quern was carried as a part of the 'squad eqipment' by each decury. And yes, you can make some very convicing bread in short order in the field...
...ask anyone who's made bannock bread at camp.
Bannock, fresh trout, berries -- feast for the gods.
But I agree I like the combination of earth and wind that the windmill produces -- and one could point out that 'grinding corn' or 'pounding corn' was always a euphemism for sex.
Jeff
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