Damper (food)

Damper
A modern damper
TypeUnleavened bread (traditionally)
Place of originAustralia
Created byStockmen
Main ingredientsWheat flour, salt, water

Damper is a thick home-made bread traditionally prepared by early European settlers in Australia.[citation needed] It is a bread made from wheat-based dough.[citation needed] Flour, salt and water,[1][2] with some butter if available,[citation needed] is kneaded and baked in the coals of a campfire,[2] either directly or within a camp oven.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Van Diemen's Land. Tasmania Lakes". The Colonial Magazine and Commercial Maritime Journal. 3 (11). Fisher Son, & Co.: 363 1 November 1840. Image 111.
  2. ^ a b Newling, Jacqui; Hill, Scott. "Our daily bread". The Cook and the Curator | Sydney Living Museums. Historic Houses Trust of NSW. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

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