Day 12 · 5:40 in the morning
Three orders before the market bell · Coins 1,284 · Flour 42 of 60 sacks · Oven 230° of 240°
The first loaves are out. Which cart goes up the hill before the bell?
Orders before the bell
- Three dozen honey-glazed cardamom knots for the wedding breakfast at the mill house36 · due 7:00 · late soon
- Seeded rye, sliced thin, for the schoolhouse kitchen12 · due 8:30
- Two cinnamon wreaths with extra icing and candied peel2 · due 9:00
- Plain white loaves for the night watch at the bridge20 · due 9:15
- A birthday cake shaped like a carriage, lemon and poppy seed1 · due at noon
- Sourdough starter in a jar, to be returned clean1 · due at noon · ready
Rosalind Achterberg-Okonkwo, the night baker
Carved in limewood, painted twice
- Kneading 4 · Shaping 3 · Oven 5
- Carrying a peel and two seeded rye loaves
Works best by the big oven. After the third batch she tires, and the next bake takes twice as long unless she rests at the bench first.
tiredoven readycart loaded
Send the night baker up the hill, flour and all.
Wait for the morning cart and risk the wedding order.
Pay the neighbour's child two honey knots to run it.