tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post2468979413759285837..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Unconspicuous Consumption.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-79654931294833792292016-10-18T02:23:52.619+10:002016-10-18T02:23:52.619+10:00Damper sounds like what we used to call "Bann...Damper sounds like what we used to call "Bannock" which was made when camping. It was just flour and water mixed into a dough, then wrapped around sticks and cooked over the glowing coals of the campfire. The result was something like a pretzel, at least to our canoe-trip appetites.<br /><br />In response to Shay's biscuit remarks, baking powder biscuits are a great entrée into baking for young children. We found our (then) 4-yr old daughter's touch was light enough to allow them to rise dramatically. Proving that biscuits are easy to make, but finicky to make expertly.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-44507356885944770062008-03-31T05:47:00.000+10:002008-03-31T05:47:00.000+10:00Hello Shay - I find the hassle of supermarket shop...Hello Shay - I find the hassle of supermarket shopping much greater than making things from scratch (I know the ingredients have to be bought, but if you keep the pantry well-stocked it is not a problem). Why is it that people have stopped making even the simple things?The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-51336060543077041832008-03-30T23:55:00.000+10:002008-03-30T23:55:00.000+10:00It is possible that Americans feel the same way ab...It is possible that Americans feel the same way about "riz" biscuits. I have yet to meet an American past second generation who is not nuts about baking powder biscuits although for most of us they come from a can or a freezer bag.<BR/><BR/>(until several years ago the most popular brand came in a container consisting of a metal disk on each end and a wrapper of heavy paper around the actual biscuits. To get the biscuits out, one pulled back one corner of the paper and hit the container sharply against the kitchen counter. The container would pop open with a loud crack. Nowadays they have modified the packaging and one only has to peel the paper away. These biscuits are still known, at least in my family, as "whomp" biscuits.)<BR/><BR/>Despite the fact that good baking powder biscuits are ridiculously easy to make, very few Americans have tasted the from-scratch kind.<BR/><BR/>I have been married for almost 25 years with rarely a ripple to disturb the pond of our marital harmony; and I attribute this to the fact that I make baking powder biscuits several times a week.<BR/><BR/>The US equivalent of damper would be johnnycake rather than biscuits, however, since biscuits call for shortening and baking powder while johnnycake is just cornmeal and water.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-82676595063399087932008-03-27T20:03:00.000+10:002008-03-27T20:03:00.000+10:00Too funny Janet.Too funny Janet.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074005234609879061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-22781789200860585382008-03-27T16:08:00.000+10:002008-03-27T16:08:00.000+10:00This made me smile, as I have such fond memories o...This made me smile, as I have such fond memories of damper. Perhaps it is because love is as good a seasoning as hunger. I have always been so in love with the romance of the bush that every time I've had a chance to have a bit of damper, especially if it's with billy tea by the side of a campfire in the outback, I've been overwhelmed by delight. I shall admit that the first time I had damper it was on a tour -- at Jondaryan woolshed in Queensland. But the second time I had it was at a bush camp in the Northern Territory. I've also sampled the damper prepared by an Aboriginal guide at Ross River Homestead. But my favorite dampers have always been those I had in wild places, feeling connected to history and the tales that still seem to whisper to me in the bush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-64169758634601875782008-03-27T07:18:00.000+10:002008-03-27T07:18:00.000+10:00Thanks Almost Vegetarian - I am glad you enjoy my ...Thanks Almost Vegetarian - I am glad you enjoy my blog - I try to keep the stories varied - different things appeal to different people. Please keep coming back, and leaving comments!The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-44141037418814852622008-03-27T06:26:00.000+10:002008-03-27T06:26:00.000+10:00Yours is one of those sites I trip across again an...Yours is one of those sites I trip across again and again, always greeting it as an old friend.<BR/><BR/>Always fascinating, often fun (sometimes revolting - how could anyone eat that?!), it is a delight.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Almost Vegetarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683148210713486393noreply@blogger.com