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Flax-growing and linen production in medieval iconography: tools, techniques and gestures

In the Middle Ages, textile plants such as flax and hemp provided not only comestibles for humans and animals, most especially in the...

Flax to linen at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

Background The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (CPP) is a living history museum interpreting the lives of English colonists living in...

Threshing day at Luisenhof (Germany)

Today we are happy to post yet another final wheat-report, in this case from our grower Luisenhof in Germany. Here comes the personal...

Christmas baking with sourdough: the Italian panettone

During the Christmas time, we all like to bake and try out new recipes to share with family and friends. In my home country Italy, we...

Wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm (USA)

We are happy to share Corinne Gordons report on wheat processing at Carter Historic Farm as part of our last posting regarding our wheat...

"Share the harvest" Program at Howell Living History Farm (Mercer County, NJ, USA)

As reported in detail in one of the previous blog-posts, the wheat at Howell Living History Farm was harvested using both historic and...

Early 20th century wheat processing in Lorsch (Germany)

In addition to medieval cultivation methods, the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (Germany) also explored agricultural technologies and...

FAQ Sourdough

WHAT IS IT? Sourdough is a natural fermented leavening agent made of only two ingredients: flour and water. During the process of...

Baking the past – the Iron Age bread buns from Niederkaina

The Archäotechnisches Zentrum Welzow e.V. contributes to the Year On The Field with an experimental project about Early Iron Age food,...

Wheat harvesting, a popular tradition and a how-to chart

The wheat has been harvested, so time to check out a few of the ways that might have been done, but first, a taste of a wheat product not...

Niederkaina, an Overview of the Burials with Food Remains made of or containing Wheat

The Archäotechnisches Zentrum Welzow e.V. contributes to the Year On The Field with an experimental project about Early Iron Age food,...

WHEAT: A Miscellany of Memories

I am writing from the Highlands of Scotland, where, unlike oats and barley, owing to the environment, climate, and local farming...

WHEAT, A 1990s PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY

INTRODUCTION From 1990 to the end of 1996, I had the honour to be Curator at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, West Sussex...

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