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<p>started article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>An &#039;&#039;&#039;oven&#039;&#039;&#039; is an enclosed structure usually with a door in which things are [[bake]]d. In [[period]], ovens could be made of anything from a hollowed pile of dirt to a brick-and-mortar oven. Individual household ovens have been in use since 3200 BC in the [[ancient]] Indus Valley [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oven] and by ancient [[Greece|Greeks]] but many cities in period had a professional baker who would run a public oven. This public oven was utilized by households that didn&#039;t want to go through the hassle or expense of building, maintaining and firing up an oven every day. Instead, they would bring their unbaked [[bread]]s to the baker to bake.<br /> <br /> The slashes commonly seen on the tops of specialty breads in modern day are said to be a relic of the public bakery, in which households would mark their loaves with individualized slashes to ensure they picked up the bread they dropped off.<br /> <br /> [[category: cooking]]</div>

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