Note reads: “This bread was baked in 1929 in Poland. On a wood burning oven. Made from poor flour after the war.”
My Great Great Great Grandma Rose brought this bread with her to Ellis island in 1929. She only had the clothes on her back and this piece of bread, I’m still blown away it has no mold. It’s hard as a rock though!
by tatybobaty
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Microwave it and have a taste.
what an incredible little piece of history – literally, in this case ! how cool. do you know who the two men are in the photo ? i am assuming the woman is your great x3 grandma… also, snazzy manicure. and damn, gurl, don’t break one of those 😂😂😂
Wait, it was cooked on a wood stove…in Poland…in 1929?
And the handwriting is in cursive-English?
Can I get more than a “Trust-Me-Bro” story?
cool treasure!
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When she says “after the war”, which war is she referring to? WW1 ended in 1918. The Polish-Luthuanian war ended in 1920. WW2 hadn’t begun. Which war is she referring to?
Are you sure it says flour? 1929 was quite a long time after the war and it would make more sense if the oven was made after the war. The last conflict of that time ended in 1922.
Woww it is very good
Thank you for a post that doesn’t involve cleavage.
Oh yeah this is awesome. Real old school cool.
“Let’s get it out on a tray!” -SteveMRE1989
Do you look a lot like your 3x great grandma?
Isn’t there a handwriting porn sub? So gorgeous
Send it to LA Beast
Take a few crumbs, crush, and add to some sourdough starter….it will live a full second life forever!
They knew they had accidentally baked a rock from scratch. Who needs preservatives when even bacteria and fungi won’t it eat.
I’m glad GGGG Rose had the foresight to document such an elusive natural phenomenon
What an amazing keepsake—and so unusual! My late grandfather used to carry bread in his pockets; it was a “habit” he developed after spending six years in prisoner-of-war camps and, finally, in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He certainly wasn’t the only one…
No moisture means no mold! Keep it dry as fuck and it should keep for even longer. What an incredible piece of family history, OP!
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