Where did Bannock come from?

[Dale Haggerty]

Where did Bannock come from?

[Brenda S]

Well, I'm not sure about Bannock but I've been having this discussion
with a friend of mine, about bangs. We suspect it may derive from Bin-yea
(how is this spelled?). Maybe someone here knows more about this?

merci.

[Bob Kelly]

It's from the french word for doughnut

[Christine]

Aaniin Tansi Boozhoo
I think the answer is who doesn't have a form of bannock in their culture... If one looks at the various cultures at least across North America one will find they all have one whether baked or fried- just called by a different name... Although some history books claim that the bannock came from the Scottish people, I don't accept this as all our ancestors had some form of this dish, just may have called this by a different name. Christine

[Brenda S]

I believe you are correct.

[lucille dunbar]

yes banock is everywere,people cook it different ways but they all use the same base ,flour water or milk baking powder fat a touch of sugar sometimes some add an egg but my ancester used animal fat water and flour,it was very basic,bye bye p.s.i like to shake my banock in a bag while its hot with cinnamon sugar yum yum love lucille

[Tom]

While most aborginal people have a fry bread of sorts the unique thing about Bannok or Gallette as it is called in french and Michif is that Metis were in a unique position in that we could access baking powder. most fry breads were flat breads often cooked flat and often in years gone by on rocks. Metis doing what they have always done best took the best of the native world and the White world and combined them and voila.
ever had bannok pizza or hot dog bannok on a stick?
mmmmm

[Brenda S]

You must make bannock much better than me. :o)
Mine comes out like a rock.

All aborginal people have some form of bread (staple) they make
from their available resources - what ever that may be.
The common ones in the Americas would be wheat (flour) or corn.
Other cultures pound out rice, potatoes, roots, stalks of various indiginous
plants in their region. And of course, the methods of cooking vary too.

[Dj Rompen]

How come it comes out like a rock? Mine is always good. I have a .pdf file with over 150 fry bread recipes on it if anyone would like it? Thats interesting it is called gallette. I am going to remeber that because my DREAM is to teach myself and my kids the language! So far no lucj tho.

dj

[Bill Langford]

Belly's growling. Send reciepes. Merci beaucoup

There's a Michif course available online which my daughet and I used.
http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/language/ is the site.

Good luck,
Burtfinger

[Tom]

One of the most enjoyable times I have had in many years was back around 1992 a friends wife who was a spark and brownie leader invited me to teach about 30 giddy young ladies..between the ages of 5 and 10 I believe how to make bannok. we spent an evening making fry bread and made a few rounds of bannok on a stick as well roasted on an open fire. there were about 8 young ladies who were of Metis or First nations background. the sparkle in their eyes can still make me feel warm inside. its been a while since i have made bannok but my son just suggested we whip some up on the weekend..
tansi to one and all