Meaning: French glaze on their loaves - a Brittany sage

[patran]

In movie Sherlock Holmes, he said: "As to where I am, I was, admittedly, lost for a moment, between Charing Cross and Holborn, but I was saved by the bread shop on Saffron Hill. The only baker to use a certain French glaze on their loaves - a Brittany sage."

I don't understand what the expression "using French glaze on loaves - a Brittany sage" means?

Regards

Anthony

 

[Tdol]

If you glaze bread or cakes, you apply a thin layer of something like eggs or milk to make them look shiny. This one was a French style glaze, and Brittany Sage is the name of this particular one.

 

[patran]

Thanks very much. So Brittaney Sage is the baker?

 

[5jj]

Thanks very much. So Brittaney Sage is the baker?

No. It's a type of glaze, presumably flavoured with sage and originating in Brittany; or flavoured with sage from Brittany.

 

[patran]

I see! Thanks very much. The only baker to use a certain French glaze on their loaves, a Brittany sage (a kind of plant/flavor, not a person)

 

[Tdol]

Yes. ;-)