A Response to AB's Comment Box Question...
Wood burning brick and clay stove
Making different shapes and sizes of rolls and bread
Mixing the ingredients without a modern mixer
Rolling the dough
Signs leading to Kucwiny community
Well, it's been a while since our last post. But we thought you would want to know that we have both arrived safely back in the US and been reunited. We'll catch you up in another post about our doings since making it back. For now, I thought we should take a few minutes and respond to a question left by AB in the comment box regarding the bread baking process used by the members of the Kucwiny community group.
I am adding pictures of the bread making process, as well as the wood burning clay oven for your review. The bread may look yellow-ish. This is due to the yellow food coloring they add, as that apprently helps with sales. The other main difference is that they would add more sugar than normal. This, too, is to make their product more marketable to the general public who might like their bread a touch sweeter to make it a desert item as well. They bake the bread in a variety of shapes - roles, buns, bread sticks, loavs, etc.
posted by Team Smith @ 1:33 AM
3 comments
3 Comments:
Thanks! We're envious of the wood-burning clay oven. Around our house one has to put a pizza stone in the oven to even approximate the wonders of baking in clay. And UD does all his bread kneading by hand, only I cheat with the mixer for part of it.
These all seem to be raised doughs. Is there a favorite flatbread also?
Love,
AB
Where do they get the yellow coloring? Nice to see you back, Martha!
AB - I never encountered any flatbreads while in Uganda. I imagine that while we me talk about the wonders of a clay oven, the women of Kucwiny would talk abou the wonders of baking in a convenient electric or gas oven if they had access to one - let alone a mixer. But that's the interesting thing about our world, isn't it?
Eric (on behalf of Team Smith)
Jewels - There are some mixed feelings with being back, but being in closer proximity to yourself, AB, UD, and others is a big perk to being back. As far as the coloring is concerned, these kinds of consumer goods do make their way through odd, meandering means to the kinds of little trading posts that the women of Kucwiny likely found it at. There aren't any Meijers or any kind of grocery or convenience stores where the village is located, but globilization and trade is pretty far reaching.
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