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The larders and pantries o f the Icelanders
are feldom fo well ilored as to
contain all the articles that I am going
to mention at one time ; fome of
them, however, they miift abiolntely
be provided with, as their food entirely
coniiils of them ; and they are
Bread of feveral forts, chiefly four bif-
cuit*fromCopenhagen; but they have
not much of this, as it is too dear for
them ; they content themfelves therefore
with providing it for weddings,
* In moil: nor the rn countries the inhabi tants live
on rye b r e a d ; the f lour taken to make it is feldom
b o l t e d , and it is commonly prepared w i th four fe r ment
or leven, w h i ch gives the bread an a c idulous
tafte, difagreeable, and r e f i f l ing the f lo ip a chs o f we a k
perfons, but p a lu a b le and wh o le fome to tho ie o f a
i t ron g conf t i tut ion. T h e four pafte communicates
an agre e able a c idi ty to this bread ; and as the nor thern
climates, on account o f their long winte r s , and the
conf inement o f people in heated '•ooms ful l o f n o x ious
effluvia, as we l l as on a c coun t o f the fa l t -meat , the ch ie f
d ie t o f the inhabitants, inclines the people to the
fcu r v y ; this a cidulous bread, the fou r - c rou t , and in
Ru i l ia the four d r in k called Giiafs, afford fuch p ow e r fu
l antifeptics, that , wi th the diet here defcr ibed, the
fcu rvy feldom or ever gains g ro u n d amo n g them,
T h e f e four bifcults, no d o u b t , are l ik ewi fe made o f
rye- f lour , or of rye and w h e a t mix e d to g e th e r , ground
w i th o u t bolt ing, and rendered a cidulous by fe rmentat
ion wi th four leven.
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and other entertainments. Some, in-
Head of it, bake themfelves bread o f
rye-ilour, though they likewife get
fome from Copenhagen, The manner
ill which they bake it is thus:
the flour is mixed with fome fermented
whey (fyra) and kneaded into dough,
of which they make cakes half an ell
in breadth, and three inches thick;
thefo are boiled in water or whey,
and then dried on a hot flone or an
iron plate.
Flour o f Fidlgrds (rock-grafs *) a
caik of which well cleaned and packed
cofts a rix-dollar; it is iirfl waflied,
and then cut into fmall pieces by fome,
though the greater number dry it by
fire or th-e fun, then put it into a bag,
ip- which it is. well beaten, and laftly
worked into flour by ftamping.
Flour o f Kornfyra f is prepared in
the fame manner, as well as the two
other forts o f wild corn melur %, by
* L ich en I f landicus , FI. Su e c . 10 8 5 . FI . L a p -
pon, 14 5 .
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