It's for an English word that describes a bread that has been preserved by toasting or heating. Naturally the bread is no longer fresh; it's hard and usable only for dunking in soups or stews or maybe used as a thickener. But the bread keeps for a long while without becoming mouldy. As I understand it the bread required no special handling, just hung in bags or sacks until it was used.
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16 years ago