| 词条 | Vantage loaf |
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A Vantage loaf (first recorded in 1612) is the thirteenth loaf of a baker's dozen.[1] A loaf of bread which is to the buyer's advantage, being in addition to the number ordered.[2] The thirteenth century law governing trade in bread and ale, known as the Assize of Bread and Ale, imposed severe punishment for short measure. This could be a fine, destruction of the baker's oven or even the pillory. To protect themselves bakers would add (throw in) a small piece of bread to each order, called the 'in-bread' to ensure they could not be accused of short measure. For large orders of 12 loaves this would be a whole extra loaf. In years of good harvest the baker could be making more bread than could be sold from the shop. Extra bread was sold on to middle men or 'hucksters' who would sell it in the streets. Since the price of bread was fixed by law the huckster would make a profit by selling on the extra 13th loaf which was the vantage loaf.[3] References1. ^{{Cite book|title=Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable|last=|first=|date=|publisher=Cassel and Co|year=2000|isbn=0304350966|location=London|pages=1227}} {{bread-stub}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199829941.001.0001/acref-9780199829941-e-49852|title=Vantage loaf - Oxford Reference|language=en|doi=10.1093/acref/9780199829941.001.0001/acref-9780199829941-e-49852|access-date=2018-09-06}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jbi6BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=vantage+loaf&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP763boabdAhXMIsAKHY0mC54Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=vantage%20loaf&f=false|title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets|last=Darra Goldstein, Sidney Mintz|first=|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=0199313628|location=|pages=}} 1 : Breads |
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