Baking trough

Baking or kneading trough for processing bread dough, model in which the table top has been removed

The dough in the baking trough has risen and can now be processed

A kneading trough ( dough trough , Teigwanne , the kneading , baking tray, Molle ) is a trough in which the dough for baking is prepared.

Earlier baking troughs consisted of a hollowed-out tree trunk split in the longitudinal axis , in the hollow of which the dough was prepared. From around 19/20 In the 19th century, it was mostly the cooper who made the baking troughs. They are shaped like a wooden box with slightly sloping walls and protruding handles for easier transport. These troughs usually stand on a rack so that a comfortable working height is achieved. The troughs were of different sizes. Sometimes eight women could stand around you to work the dough.

In some regions, combinations of baking troughs and tables were also common. B. in the Eifel , where they were called the Molentisch. Here the baking trough was provided with solid legs and stood in the living room , with a loose cover plate it could normally be used as a table. If you wanted to knead dough you just had to remove this cover. Due to its function as furniture, this table baking trough was decorated in wealthy homes.

In the past, baking troughs were often used, especially in poor households, for other activities as a container or bowl, such as washing or slaughtering, especially when bleeding .

Nowadays, dough is prepared with modern kneading machines in stainless steel vessels, which are optionally integrated into automated systems.

Web links

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• Picture of an old baking trough (Museum Waldsolms) ( Memento from October 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.museumsdorf-volksdorf.de/musee/bofen_2.php ( Memento from July 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )