Bread bowl - Who invented it?

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Who made the first bread bowl? When was it invented? Where was it invented?

[Telemark]

Do you mean when they serve chili or chowder on a small round loaf of bread with the center cut out? I suspect this goes way back in time, I doubt it is a recent invention.

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Trenchers
More on medieval serving breads

Used trenchers, full of sauces and covered in bits of food, were given to the festal dogs or presented to the poor, who waited hungrily outside, as alms. Sadly, in today’s recreated dinners the trencher is more often than not replaced by the bread bowl, which is a sorry substitution for the real thing.