To mix the dough the Bakers would pull up the trousers kick off their clogs, stomp the dough to the proper consistency.
Because sour dough takes forever to rise they would wander off drink and raise hell, come back stomp down the risen dough and then shape it, proof it then bake it.
Remember in the oldies you only bathed on Saturday, contributed to the strength of the barm,
Baked the jam right into the bread! Toe jam that is...