Prize Loaf: Slice 4

Slice 4 of a 5-slice Random Treasure blog post, about a loaf of bread which won a home-baking competition in 1907. This Slice 4 is about the Exhibit which won the Prize: a home-baked loaf of bread. But what kind of loaf? Let us investigate, or perhaps speculate, what the loaf looked like and what recipe was used. … More Prize Loaf: Slice 4

Prize Loaf: Slice 3

Slice 3 of a 5-slice Random Treasure blog post, about a loaf of bread which won a home-baking competition in 1907. This Slice 3 considers The Prize-Giver, Carr’s Flour Mills of Silloth, Cumbria. What motivated them to give away around 20 such tea sets at local flower shows in that damp summer? … More Prize Loaf: Slice 3