Pandemayne Bread is literally the staple of life. Mankind has been baking bread for thousands of years in an inumerable amount of ways with a wide assortment of ingredients. There is bread made with barley, oats, wheat, rye, beer, eggs, saffron, tomatoes, potatoes, parsley, nuts, fruit, etc. If it can be eaten, it can be made or incorporated into bread somehow.
Bread can also assume a variety of shapes and styles.
In the Middle Ages, bread assumed as important a role as it does today. Bread was considered such an important commodity that harsh laws concerning its production existed, and a baker found guilty of making insubstantial loaves would be jailed or corporally punished. An honest baker would be guaranteed a good living from his guild, and an income secured by contract. The average person, on the whole, did not bake their own bread. In Medieval times, loaves were generally round, with a cross-shape cut in the top.