The Stirring Spoon

Bread & Butter

Breads & Grainslate-period EnglandCurly Cross Tavern FeastCooked & documented

Yield: ~45 portions (plus bread for stew and pottage)

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
28–32 loaves Rustic bread total (for this side, the stew, and the pottage)
4 lbs Salted butter

Method

Slice bread thick. Serve at room temperature with pats or ramekins of butter. Rustic, crusty loaves are ideal. If you have a local bakery that does day-old bread at a discount, this is the place to use it.