tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post7251874957135120831..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Damper Details.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-56610792629961041312016-10-25T08:09:40.350+10:002016-10-25T08:09:40.350+10:00Before soda was used to leaven the dough the actio...Before soda was used to leaven the dough the action of being tossed around whilst travelling leavened the flour so it was a much softer damperImraechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893337242467687893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-91506354456603831262012-04-24T22:26:25.790+10:002012-04-24T22:26:25.790+10:00Damper sounds a lot like the American bread called...Damper sounds a lot like the American bread called hardtack.<br /><br />During the American Civil War, soldiers were issued bacon and cornmeal as part of their rations. They would cook the bacon and then mix the cornmeal with the bacon grease into a dough that they would wrap around their bayonets and cook over the fire. It was called swoosh.Phil Latimernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-72932566600504148562012-04-24T09:50:54.373+10:002012-04-24T09:50:54.373+10:00I have recently been researching the travels of th...I have recently been researching the travels of the early explorers and their experience of damper sometimes fell well short of the ideal; lack of clean water and flour being the obvious reasons. Flour was sometimes lost when drays failed to ford streams or turned over. One explorer's party attempted to dive in an effort to retrieve sodden sacks without which they may have perished. Another party's supplies were eaten overnight during some kind of rodent plague. In those straits perfectly turned out damper accompanied by fried lamb chops would have been heaven.paul kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237328574655467680noreply@blogger.com