Bark bread (pettu) was baked during crop failure and famine by replacing some of the rye flour with ground inner bark of pine. In the autumn of 1917, Finland suffered from severe food shortage. This soured social atmosphere that was heavy to begin with: all over the country people started to divide into Red and White Guards.
Bark bread (pettu) was baked during crop failure and famine by replacing some of the rye flour with ground inner bark of pine. In the autumn of 1917, Finland suffered from severe food shortage. This soured social atmosphere that was heavy to begin with: all over the country people started to divide into Red and White Guards.
