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I chose to be a baker because it is an occupation that is fun and a lot of __work__.

__About my baker__ Name: Baxter Age: 23 Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Location: Naples, Italy Religion: Catholic Role in Feudal Society: Middle Class Reason: Trade passed down from family Activities: Bakes bread and stands on town council as a baker representative Interests: Member of Baker Guild, Drinking mead and horse racing Education Level: Basic math and reading skills. No formal education Occupation (job): Baker makes bread for the king and the village.

A day in the life of Baxter

Morning I awake before the sun rises around 4:30 in the morning. I walk to my baker shop that is located on Baker Lane. I enter my shop and __begin__ to load the wood into my oven. My apprentice arrives at the shop to assist me in my work. I then set the wood on fire and wait for the oven to become hot. It is now 5:00 a.m. and I __begin__ to get my ingredients to make the bread for the people. I measure out the flour, sugar, salt and water to make the dough. At 5:30 a.m. I begin to knead the dough. My apprentice helps with the kneading since I have a lot of bread to make for the day. Once it is ready I __form__ it into a loaf shape and let it rest while I __continue__ to make more loaves. I make 20 different types of bread daily. I make a fancy white bread for the King and the upper class. I make a bread that is made up of tree bark for the poor peasants to eat. I continue to make loaves of the different types of breads until 7:30. While making the breads I begin to put some of the loaves into the hot oven. The breads bake for an hour and then I take them out and let them cool on my bakers board. My apprentice and I continue to knead and bake the breads until the afternoon.

Afternoon While we __continue__ to bake the bread, servants from the castle come to pick up the bread for the King around 11:00 a.m. . After we give the king's servant what the King wanted, we open our shop for the rest of the town at 11:15 a.m .. There are several bakers in the town and we all must sell our bread at the same price. We sell the bread for a penny a loaf. This way all the bakes are able to have a fair business. If one of the baker's changes the price of their bread, they can be forced to give it away for __free__ and they can be fined. We continue to sell our bread to the people until the mid afternoon. Once all the bread is sold, we begin to clean up the bakery from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. . We make sure the fire is put out and we clean the baker's board and re stock the flour, sugar and water for the next day. My apprentice then leaves and I close the bakery for the day at 5:30 p.m.

Night I walk home and make myself dinner. That usually consists of meat and of course bread from my bakery. I then meet my friends at the local pub for a mug of mead around 7:00 p.m .. Afterwards, at 7:30 p.m., the bakers go to the meeting of the bakers guild to discuss our business and to make sure all the bakers are selling their bread for the correct amount of money. After the meeting,at 8:30 p.m., we all go home. I am usually in bed by 9:00 p.m. since I need to wake up early in the morning to prepare for my day at the bakery

I Wish I were a King.......

Advantages of being a Baker

I am a baker and my job is very hard but fun. Some of the advantages of being a baker is that I make bread for the people in the village and for the King. My favorite bread to make is white bread for the king because he loves it. I am a peasant but since I am a baker I have my land and pay a Lord rent to use the land for my bakery. I am my own boss in my shop but I follow the rules of the baker's guild. I take pride in my work because people come every day to buy my bread. I also give bread away to peasants that cannot pay for the bread. That makes me feel good that I can help them eat. The responsibilities I have are to make sure I am selling bread at the same price as my other bakers and paying my Lord for the use of the land. I also need to bake whatever the King needs. I belong to a guild which is my right as a baker and I have my own shop with my apprentice.

Disadvantages of being a Baker

I have to wake up really early in the morning and go to my shop. I need an apprentice to help me because it is a lot of work to make bread. I have to light my oven and keep my shop clean. I cannot raise my prices to make more money because the guild would punish me. I spend all day in the bakery and have little time for friends and family. I do not own the land that I have my shop on. I have to pay a Lord for the land. I have to bake what the King wants and not what I feel like baking. I cannot move up in the class because I will always be a peasant.

Advantages of being King

I wish I were a king because I would have all the power. The king is the ruler of the village. He gets entertained every day by the jester at night. He gets a special piece of good white bread just for him. The king is happy when everyone does their job correctly.The king tells everyone what he wants done and they do it. The Archers go and kill for him. The Bakers bake for him. The knights fight for him. The bards play for him. The king makes all the rules and he rules over a large piece of land. The King believes he was given the right to rule by God. His followers support him and are very loyal to him. He is the one that they will do anything for and he makes all the decisions. The king has the best of everything and he has his family and friends around him at all times.

Disadvantages of being King

The king has to make decisions that people may not like. People sometimes want to kill the king that is why he has an army and archers to protect him. He has a lot of responsibility for his land and the people on it. People are always asking for stuff and favors from him. He also has to tell his army to kill people which is a hard decision to make. He has to protect his land from people who want to take it so he does not get a lot of sleep. His friends may only like him because he is king. He knows people have to honor him because he is king and not because he is a good person.

Modern Day Baker Baxter is very hardworking. He has to make sure he has all the baking ingredients to have enough bread to sell to the town people. He has to be strong to carry the wood and light the fire in his oven. He also needs to have strong arms to knead the dough and take the bread in and out of the oven. He needs to be patient with is apprentice and he has to be a good teacher to him. He should get along with is baker friends because he is on the baker's guild. He also has to be honest when he sells his bread so he doesn't charge more that the other bakers. He has to be organized and like to get up early everyday.

Jacques Pepin is a French chef. He studied in France and is well educated on how to bake and cook. He was an apprentice before he became famous. Jacques left France and came to the United States and opened a restaurant in New York. He has written many cookbooks and has many videos. He is a hard worker like Baxter. He is organized like Baxter so that he can make all the bread he needs. Jacques and Baxter both get up early and work long days in order to get the food for the people. Jacques is very educated and makes a lot of different things. Baxter is not educated and only makes different types of bread and cookies.

Jacques Pepin has a lot more technology than Baxter. He can make a lot more baked goods in less time because he has machines that help him. Baxter is a better baker because he had to do everything himself. He could not share recipes and Jacques has written cookbooks. Baxter hung out with his other bakers and Jacques hangs out by himself. Baxter focuses on a few baked goods, like bread, and does them really well. Jacques cooks and bakes everything. Baxter had one apprentice and could teach him one on one and Jacques has cooking classes where he teaches a lot of people.