There are no side-crusts because they are trimmed away by the carver. Trenchers are cut from small loaves the size of a large hamburger bun, so each trencher has a "bottom" crust. First, look at this blog of someone who came to the last feast and took pictures: http://www.simbelmyne.us/sca/collegiums/col-2010-nov/trencher.jpg That's a single trencher for an ordinary person. Next, look at this idealized feast with trenchers in this late 15th century woodcut: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/90005948 Notice only the King at the high table has trenchers (Three, stacked together for extra protection and conspicuous consumption), the Queens at the lower tables appear to be eating from small circular plates.
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Date: 2011-10-18 04:04 pm (UTC)First, look at this blog of someone who came to the last feast and took pictures:
http://www.simbelmyne.us/sca/collegiums/col-2010-nov/trencher.jpg
That's a single trencher for an ordinary person.
Next, look at this idealized feast with trenchers in this late 15th century woodcut: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/90005948 Notice only the King at the high table has trenchers (Three, stacked together for extra protection and conspicuous consumption), the Queens at the lower tables appear to be eating from small circular plates.