21+ Housewarming Bread Salt Wine. What are the roots of this? Bread, so you never go hungry.
According to old european lore, traditional housewarming gifts should include bread, honey, salt, wine, sugar, coins, a broom, and a candle.
Traditionally, one gives bread, wine, and salt to someone who has a new home. A villager named boris and his wife yelena had gifted a loaf of bread for good health and a pinch of salt for long life to the russian dignitaries who were passing. Over the years a gift of bread, salt and wine has emerged as the traditional jewish housewarming gift. In bread baking the percentage of salt added that is considered normal, ranges from 1.8% to 2.2% of the total amount of flour, depending on the recipe and personal preference.