SPECIAL TOPIC: BAKING BREAD

1. Flat stone
   1. build fire on stone
   2. remove coals
   3. place dough on hot stone and replace ashes
   4. when done remove ashes, Isa. 44:19; 1 Kgs. 19:6
   
   
2. Bake on griddle
   1. made of clay or iron
   2. fire made in pit and griddle over pit
   3. dough made into flat cakes, Lev. 2:5,7; 6:20-21; 1 Chr. 23:29; 9:31; Ezek. 4:3
   
   
3. Oven
   1. Type 1
      1. shaped like an overturned, earthen jar
      2. fire lit the night before
      3. ashes removed and dough baked on stones lining the bottom
   2. Type 2
      1. cylinder-shaped
      2. fire placed inside
      3. remove fire, use inside or outside surface to bake dough, Lev. 2:4

 Bread was made of wheat (more expensive) or barley (cheaper, eaten by the poor).

For detailed information see James Freeman, Manners and Customs of the Bible.

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