Saturday, 7 April 2012
Friday, 6 April 2012
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
18th Century Bannock or Bannoch.
I don't know how far back the recipe for the early Bannock goes in Scotland, but someone in the 14th century stated that the Scottish soldiers always carried an iron plate and a bag of oats in their pack. If you look up a recipe for bannock these days, you will find all sorts of modern ingredients, but back in the 14th to 18th centuries it was a simple mix of oats, sometimes barley, water and salt. Very often just oats and water and salt if they had any.
I have cooked Bannock in the ashes of my camp fire, and on a rock in my camp fire. It is easy to produce and makes a good trail food. Recently I was asked to make a video of making Bannock, so I made Bannock in my kitchen which was a lot easier to video. Instead of using a Girdle, later known as a griddle, I used my black iron pan.
I have cooked Bannock in the ashes of my camp fire, and on a rock in my camp fire. It is easy to produce and makes a good trail food. Recently I was asked to make a video of making Bannock, so I made Bannock in my kitchen which was a lot easier to video. Instead of using a Girdle, later known as a griddle, I used my black iron pan.
About a cupped handful of oats and the same of barley flour is a quarter of a cup, which is enough for one small Bannock. Or you can use just oats. Salt to taste if you wish.
Mix the ingredients together and then add enough water to make a stiff paste.
Shape the bannock dough and place in a pan or place on a hot rock or in the ashes. I use a little oil or grease when using a pan.
Don't make your fire up too hot, you want the Bannock to cook right through not just burn on the outside.
Turn occasionally to check how it is cooking. Once it is toasted or browned on both sides and a test with a knife confirms it is cooked inside, then it is ready to remove from the pan.
A Girdle or Griddle and a Bannock spade.
Enterprize and Bark Endeavour tall ships Melbourne Docklands in April
In the second half of April there is a rare opportunity to view two traditionally rigged tall ships in Melbourne's Docklands, and to go out on for a sail on Melbourne’s tall ship Enterprize.
The Bark Endeavour, the replica of James Cook's 18th century Endeavour, will be docked at Waterfront City, Docklands and open for public inspection for twelve days from 18 to 29 April. Over this period Melbourne's tall ship Enterprize will have a series of midweek and weekend sailings in the Docklands-Lower Yarra waterways and in the northern end of Port Phillip.
More information here: http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Enterprize-and-Bark-Endeavour-tall-ships-Melbourne-Docklands-in-April/95646
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
18th Century Fire Lighting. Tinder Too High?! Look On The Ground.
I take regular walks to build up the muscle in my right hip after replacement. This morning I went for a walk up Butterfly Valley. Nothing terribly exciting happened, found fresh wild boar diggings and some bracket fungus tinder.
Way up high on a Mountai Gum, I spy bracket fungus tinder. Too high to try bringing it down. But I look on the ground and find what has already fallen.
These three pieces lay close-by. I took these images without moving from where I stood, so I am guessing they all fell from the same spot.
Enough to keep lighting fires for a long time.
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