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		boudewijnrempt on Sept 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bread, How Did They Make It? Addendum: Rice Most bread in England in Victorian times was adulterated with plaster of paris.

hinkley on Sept 4, 2020 [–]

I think one of the British history shows mentioned gypsum, which is just a name for Plaster of Paris that sounds less like something you should keep out of your mouth.

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