The bread without salt is a Tuscan tradition so ancient and deep-rooted that even Dante in his Divine Comedy, arrives to compare the need to adapt to the salty bread to the tangible sign of his painful exile from Florence. But how is it that originates in Tuscany to eat unsalty bread in opposition with almost the rest of the peninsula? The most accepted theory is that around the year 1100, the rivalry between Pisa and Florence gave reason to Pisa to block supplies of salt (which arrived in the port of Pisa), forcing the Florentine enemy to surrender. But Florence didn’t give up, and started to produce the bread without salt. This fact dates back to tradition and consolidated over time to become the common practice. This explanation is not the only one: according to another version, this tradition has to do with the high cost that the ingredient has in medieval times. The salt tax was one of the largest intakes of Florence, which caused much of the population to cook bread without it. Did you eat it? Did you like it? We are curious to read your experience!
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 17:00:00 +0000
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