Interesting that it's got a slightly different name in all sorts of places. It's bannock here, other side of the province it's skaan, and I guess some places it's frybread.
I could really go for some fried bannock right about now. It's fantastic.
I could really go for some fried bannock right about now. It's fantastic.
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Using flour is actually something brought over by colonists. The precursor to bannock was allegedly made out of the dried root of bulrushes, but it wasn't until things like the Hudson Bay company where natives could trade their beaver pelts for large amounts of oil or fat and flour that it became a staple food rather than a very rare treat.
One of the really interesting things is that European cuisine was changed forever when the Americas were colonized because indigenous people had already domesticated things like corn or peppers or potatoes, but in the same way indigenous cuisine was changed by the introduction of things like lard and flour.
One of the really interesting things is that European cuisine was changed forever when the Americas were colonized because indigenous people had already domesticated things like corn or peppers or potatoes, but in the same way indigenous cuisine was changed by the introduction of things like lard and flour.