Trencher (tableware) - Wikipedia
WEBA trencher (from Old French trancher 'to cut') is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. A trencher was originally a flat round of (usually stale) bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat. [1]
Tableware, Plates, and Cutlery in the Middle Ages
WEBNov 30, 2022 · Slices of bread (so-called trenchers) were only used as plates at banquets, most medieval people ate off wooden or tin plates with a diameter of 10-12 cm (4–4,7 in). These plates were round in Germany and angular in England and France. The knife was the main type of cutlery.
Into the Trenchers: Seven Strange Facts About Dinner in …
WEBMar 10, 2017 · Most families had at least one silver spoon, but generally accepted wooden spoons as tableware along with knives of varying quality. 3. Salt. One essential element at every table during dinner in colonial New England was a salt cellar or “standing salt.”
Trencher (tableware) - Wikiwand articles
WEBA trencher (from Old French trancher 'to cut') is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. A trencher was originally a flat round of (usually stale ) bread used as a plate , upon which the food could be placed to eat. [1]
Trencher (tableware) facts for kids - Kids encyclopedia
WEBAug 31, 2024 · A trencher (from Old French tranchier 'to cut') is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. A trencher was originally a flat round of (usually stale) bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat.
Trencher | Definition & History | Britannica
WEBtableware. trencher, originally, a thick slice of bread used as a primitive form of plate for eating and for slicing meat (hence its derivation from “trancher”—to cut, or carve), but by the 14th century a square or circular wooden plate of rough workmanship.
Category : Trencher (tableware) - Wikimedia
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The Humble Trencher - John Moore Museum
WEBMar 10, 2022 · Medieval people had begun to use the early trencher which was a slice of course wholewheat bread, cut with a trencher knife into squares of about 4 inches wide and ½ an inch thick. Once a meal was finished, the bread trencher, soaked with juices from the meal, would be given as alms to the poor.
The Hirshon Wroclaw Medieval Trencher Bread - The Food …
WEBNov 4, 2019 · A trencher (from Old French tranchier; “to cut”) is a type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine. A trencher was originally a flat round of bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat.
Trencher Table - Etsy
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