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    11 days ago

    for normal wheat bread, yes, but this bread is made from a mixture of wheat, barley, millet, spelt, lentils, and beans (although obviously this was long before the columbian exchange so it means fava or chickpeas, not black, red, pinto, etc.), basically whatever could be scrounged together during a siege.

    ezekiel is being commanded to eat this bread as penance for and in solidarity with the people of jerusalem who are besieged by the babylonians. that’s why he’s supposed to cook it over feces, because the people in jerusalem don’t have access to cooking fuels, either.

    but i guess whoever founded the company just thought it sounded tasty and decided to ignore everything else.