Bannock

[Kieran]

Make Bannock in my Swedish Army Trangia set?

How?

Any tips for a Rookie?
:D

[luresalive]

Don't burn it !

[jus_young]

I would try the same method used in this vid:

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1450-Wild-camping-in-the-rain

I have done something similar using a cheap pan set and it didn't turn out too bad.

[kINGPIN]

Check out my blog a few pages in. I have a step by step bannock guide with photos, all on the Trangia. Just adjust the recipe to suite your taste.

[Ashley Cawley]

My advice would be... take your time with it and relax. I like to take 1 hour to cook my bannock on just the coals from my campfire. I find it a relaxing experience... well apart from that one time on Dartmoor (the 10-items trip - but that was Martin's fault! :p )

On an earlier trip to Dartmoor I cooked a small bannock for our group before we broke camp, took a photo whilst cooking and it's one of my favourites (tis currently on my wall)...


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rp9iD9c3ljY/Sr-4gv69aRI/AAAAAAAAhmI/wee2KeG65kQ/s640/Cooking%252520Bannock.JPG

Here's a few different recipes - http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/camp-craft/cooking-bannock-bushcraft-style.html

[kINGPIN]

Thats a great photo Ashley. Looks very tasty. You are right about taking your time with it.

Heres mine; http://thesecretcamper.blogspot.com/2011/04/cranberry-bannock-bread.html

...oops I just realised you said ARMY trangia.

[comanighttrain]

My advice would be... take your time with it and relax. I like to take 1 hour to cook my bannock on just the coals from my campfire. I find it a relaxing experience... well apart from that one time on Dartmoor (the 10-items trip - but that was Martin's fault! :p )

On an earlier trip to Dartmoor I cooked a small bannock for our group before we broke camp, took a photo whilst cooking and it's one of my favourites (tis currently on my wall)...


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rp9iD9c3ljY/Sr-4gv69aRI/AAAAAAAAhmI/wee2KeG65kQ/s640/Cooking%252520Bannock.JPG

Here's a few different recipes - http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/camp-craft/cooking-bannock-bushcraft-style.html

That's what it's about :P

[Kieran]

That's what it's about :P

That does look pretty special!

[Ashley Cawley]

Self raising flour
Water
Sugar
Honey
Sultanas
Salt - sometimes do sometimes don't
Nuts! - A nice easy option is to get nutty bars like Tracker/Granalo bars work best and crunch them into the mix


You can add whatever is in season into your Bannock, give it a try that's the traditional way.

I don't use any oil to fry it in, just lightly flour the frying pan. I usually use the lid of my billycan to cook it in. Have fun :o

[Metal mug]

Self raising flour
Water
Sugar
Honey
Sultanas
Salt - sometimes do sometimes don't
Nuts! - A nice easy option is to get nutty bars like Tracker/Granalo bars work best and crunch them into the mix


You can add whatever is in season into your Bannock, give it a try that's the traditional way.

I don't use any oil to fry it in, just lightly flour the frying pan. I usually use the lid of my billycan to cook it in. Have fun :oMmmmm, lovely. :)

[Aaron Rushton]

everytime i try to cook bannock, using ash's recipe, i alwasy end up with a hard outise and dough in the middle. i cook it in a frying pan with not oil or butter, nestled in the hot coals at the side of a fire. it's not bad, but i would prefer a more bready bannock. i cook on bot sides until it is at the edge of burning (dark brown) and i usually make it about 2" thick.

[kINGPIN]

You might be making it a bit too thick?

[klause]

Every time i try to make bannock i end up bortered in guey dough ! (not good in the middle of the woods)
My mate Mike makes lovely bannock wrapped around sticks over the fire - extremely nice !

[jus_young]

Don't forget the golden syrup. Handy squeezy bottle so easy to carry and good on so many things including the porridge in the morning to give you a boost of energy at the beginning of the day.

[TheGods1marine]

This is how did it and it worked great !

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGods1marine?feature=mhee#p/u/1/Yort5GqPKu0

and yes i'm the one wearing the funny hat in the video

[JEEP]

This is how did it and it worked great !

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGods1marine?feature=mhee#p/u/1/Yort5GqPKu0

and yes i'm the one wearing the funny hat in the video

Awesome video Reggie!

Welcome to NBCUK

I really dig that double pan of yours. Where to get one?

[TheGods1marine]

Its a old Boy Scout mess kit and i got it at a thrift store for two dollars about four or five years back

[Martin]

Agree with Jakob, what a great video Reggie!!! Thanks for sharing it with us. Oh, and a very warm welcome to the NaturalBushcraft forum. :)

Martin

[TheGods1marine]

Thank You Gentle Men,I Thing I Am Going To Like It Here.

[MikeWilkinson]

I have one rule when making bannock, keep it simple.

Flour, Baking powder, sugar, salt (no need to carry any liquids)- then just add what ever is seasonal and around you. Seeds, pine nuts, bilberries, sorrel, hedge garlic, crispy squirrel bits (mmm, my favourite).

Keep the base mix prepared in a bag, make a well and add a little water, mix with a stick or a spoon, add water as required (depending on how you are gonna cook it), make it thick enough so that you can scoop it out when it is semi mixed, then get a bit flour on your hands and Knead (squeeze) between your fingers till the right consistancy.

Some notes on consistancy :- for cooking on a stick, make it a moderately tough dough, roll into a ball and then insert heated stick and mould round until about 1cm thick. Strip the bark of the stick first and preheat it over the fire.
For cooking on a racket, go for the same but flatten into a pancake, again about 1cm thick, cook both on a low heat and for about 10-15mins each side. For cooking in a pan with no fats, then make it a little less heavy, and about 1cm - 2 cm thick - cook slowly about 20 mins to 30 mins each side depending on how fierce your coals are. For cooking with fats, make the dough pretty loose/sticky (but still pliable - not runny), coat in flour (roll it in the mix again) flatten out to about 1cm thick or less and fry in fats for about 5 mins each side on a moderate heat, (lower heat and longer if using thicker batter/dough). You can also make a fairly runny dough in a pot and then fry like a pancake too.

For oven style cooking make a dough similar to the stick/racket dough maybe a little heavier, make it about 2-3cm thick, cook real slow for about 45 mins to an hour - if on top of coals, flip over half way through, if in a ground oven or buried in coals then you shouldn't need to flip it.


Love the video by the way reggie :)