Kammala wannan jumla: Lokaci na ƙarshe da aka yi amfani da gurasar barkono a matsayin abincin yunwa a Norway shi ne a lokacin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Napoleon. Gabatar da dankalin turawa a matsayin babban amfanin gona ya ba manoma amfanin gona na madadin lokacin da samar da hatsi ya gaza, don haka ba a buƙatar burodin barkono da kek ɗin moss. A Arewacin Sweden, an san alamun girbi na Sami na barkono daga Scots pine daga shekarun 1890, kuma a Finland "pettuleipä" (a zahiri "gurasar barkono na Pinewood") an ci shi a Finland a matsayin abinci na gaggawa lokacin da aka sami karancin abinci, musamman a lokacin Babban yunwa na 1690s, a lokacin yunwa ta biyu 1860s kuma kwanan nan a lokacin
Yakin basasa na shekara ta 1918.