Fougasse (bread) in Brazil. Fougasse was traditionally used to assess the temperature of a wood fired oven. The time it would take to bake gives an idea of the oven temperature and whether the rest of the bread can be loaded. Fougasse is also a type of pastry from Monaco that is topped with almonds and nuts. It is used to make the French version of calzone, which can have cheese and small squarish strips of bacon inside the pocket made by folding over the bread. Other variations include dried fruit, Roquefort and nuts or olives and goat cheese. It is known
Ploughman series The notes were referred to as the "ploughman series" because they an image of a ploughman ploughing a field with a horse-drawn plough. The notes, which were denominated in notes for £1, £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100, used as the back images a collection of images of Ireland, in order the Custom House, Dublin, St. Patrick's Bridge, Cork, Currency Commission Building, Foster Place, Dublin, the Rock of Cashel, Croagh Patrick, and Killiney Bay, County Dublin. The last issue was in 1941. The notes were finally withdrawn on 31 December 1953. Ploughman series The Ploughman series was a series of