In article .com>,
stark > wrote:
> 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.
Sounds like a rusk to me.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007