This is the only bannock recipe in the book I'd check for another version but I bet Fiona could give us one... >From Mrs Anna Allan, Greenhall, Deerness 2 handfuls beremeal (My guess is 1 1/2 cups) 1 handful flour (Half the amount of beremeal) 2 level tsp baking soda 1 "" " cream of tartar salt milk Sift dry ingredients. Mix with milk to dough consistency Knead out into rounds on floured board. Bake on girdle (griddle)

If you punch up bannock on a search engine, you will discover very quickly that the Canadian native communities coveted this food very enthusiastically. It is however acknowledged as a food inherited from their Hudson's Bay Company friends (and in some cases virtual relatives) who in large part of course were from Orkney. I noticed that there has been studies of note on the native diet in the north, and bannock is still high on the consumer list. The high incidence of diabetes has given rise to bannock without grease. Thee are several references to this. I have chewed on lots of bannock, over lots of remote campfires in my life. We wrap the dough on a stick and cook it while sitting around a fire, careful not to burn it or drop it into the ashes if it flops off the stick. Stick cooking got you away from the grease in the pan, which is harder to control over an open fire and can result in some pretty greasy food. We often add raisins and nowdays dried cranberries to the dough. This beremeal version posted on this site, seems to be a little more friendly towards the arteries than some of the larded northern concoctions I have eaten. In fact, salt pork was sometimes an ingredient. (Yuk! I can still taste it. )I preferred the wild blueberries or raisins. On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 05:37 PM, STRONSAY2@cs.com wrote: > This is the only bannock recipe in the book > I'd check for another version but I bet Fiona could give us one... > >> From Mrs Anna Allan, Greenhall, Deerness > > 2 handfuls beremeal (My guess is 1 1/2 cups) > 1 handful flour (Half the amount of beremeal) > 2 level tsp baking soda > 1 "" " cream of tartar > salt > milk > > Sift dry ingredients. > Mix with milk to dough consistency > Knead out into rounds on floured board. > Bake on girdle (griddle) > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >