1. Long ago people had to eat black bread or oat meal cakes. They used to put a cross-shaped mark on the top of the cake & this custom is carried out still. The oat meal cake was made by mixing flour, oatmeal & water on a tin. The bread was baked in a griddle.Bernie Hughes2. Bread used during Famine time was made from maize or IndianBernie HughesBernie Hughes