Budget-Friendly Bannock
"This is a traditional staple of North American First Nations People and for the early fur traders, settlers and cowboys. You can make one large one or several small ones. They are best right out of the pan, served hot"
- Ready In:
- 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 large
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup lard (or butter but lard is better)
- 1 3⁄4 cups water
- lard (for frying)
directions
- Sift dry ingredients together into a bowl.
- Cut in the lard and add water, taking care not to over mix.
- Melt some lard in a skillet or Dutch oven, drop spoonfuls of the dough in the pan (there should be enough lard so the bannock can sizzle in it)
- Cook the bannocks on one side until very brown & crusty, then turn over and brown the other side
- Serve plain or with fruit preserve.
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Reviews
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This is a great recipe. I mix up a big tub of the dry ingredients ahead of time and take it hunting and hiking. It's great with a campfire meal. I leave out the lard and keep it seperate or I use it only for frying. My buddies love it, so it's now a permanent part of our provisions list. -
Canadianhistory.com "Kenny Blacksmith, a former chief of the Cree community of Mistissini of northern Quebec, told me that they learned to make bannock from the Scottish who settled up in Northern Quebec several hundred years ago. They did not have flour before the arrival of the Europeans. When he went to Scotland a couple of years back, he had the priviledge of teaching the Scottish again how to make bannock." - Jacques Dalton
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Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
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Here are a few of my photos
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