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You might be offered oatcakes as well as bread (especially in the north). If these do not tempt you, consider eating "horse-bread." This is made from a sort of flour of ground peas, bran, and beans__f contemporaries look at you strangely, it is because it is not meant for human consumption.
Ian Mortimer The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
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You might be offered oatcakes as well as bread (especially in the north). If these do not tempt you, consider eating "horse-bread." This is made from a sort of flour of ground peas, bran, and beans__f contemporaries look at you strangely, it is because it is not meant for human consumption.
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