The wheel, the catapult and all those other ancient mechanical inventions were nifty, but culinary innovations – bread, wine and cheese – had at least as much impact on the world and altered ...

In medieval Europe, guilt or innocence could be decided by a simple bite of bread and cheese. advertisement. Dagens.com (AU) Medieval "Lie Detector" Used Bread and Cheese to Judge Criminals.

I learned my version of bread sauce from my mother. And it turns out that the sauce has been passed down through the generations for a good 500 years.