Newbi Q - bread

MichaelMN · Post by **MichaelMN** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:15 pm

How does bread hold up on the playa? Do you need to keep it iced or will it be okay for a week in its bag....?
Thanks

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:21 pm

Bread sealed last a few days long, but once you open it it drys out so fast. Ice chest don't work well.( for me they didn't) But a reefer will help out.. Reefer as in a Motorhome. We also had some luck with sealing frenchbread as it has a thicker crust.. Maybe someone eles has a few Ideas..
Good question..

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:37 pm

I didn’t have a problem with my healthnut bread but it has a cellophane wrapper inside the bag so it seals up good.

phil · Post by **phil** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:03 pm

Hi, Michael,

I can't tell you how many loaves of bread I've seen on someone's dash on the playa. The plastic wrapper is swelled up like a balloon and totally coated with water droplets on the inside.

I've kept hamburger buns for a few days in the ice chest, but I wouldn't bet my life on longer than a few days.

It's fairly easy to make bannock on the playa - that's a kind of fried bread (think like a pancake only with bread mix). google bannock and try it before you hit the playa. Lots of recipes.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:58 pm

Bread freezes well. If you have the room, putting bread in the dry-ice cooler will keep it well and keep it from getting moldy. But flat breads like pita and tortilla will work much better than conventional sliced bread.

Or you can mix 3 parts playa dust a 1 part water, shape into cakes, place on a flat surface and you can have some very crunchy biscuits in under an hour.

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:14 pm

geekster brings up a good point about tortilla's.

If you buy them in the right size package and use them up when you open them..Buy as many packages as you need. We bring up both the 12 count ans 30 count size...

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:58 pm

Tortillas are great on the playa.

We brought almost 100 of 'em in 10 count bags. Used them up as we opended them and it worked without any problem whatsoever.

And I'm searching "bannock" too.

Post by **AntiM** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:54 am

And here we make do with crackers.

MichaelMN · Post by **MichaelMN** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:32 am

Bannock

Must be good, I understand they had a fight over the proper preperation of bannock in Scotland in 1314. I believe it was called the battle of Bannockburn...

Thanks

phil · Post by **phil** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:02 pm

And I'm searching "bannock" too.

Louise and I mix the dry ingredients into a baggie (we use powdered milk, so we add that powder, too), and label each baggie. Then all we have to do on the playa is pour a measured amount of water into the baggie, mix, and plop the dough out onto the griddle to cook. We have regular flour bread, corn bread, and whatever.

I recommend trying this at home to get the proper portions for your griddle size. Because it's quicker than baking bread, we sometimes have bannock for meals, if I decide I want a bread with my soup or pasta.

Dustdevil · Post by **Dustdevil** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:44 pm

For several years we have brought a couple of bags of Sara Lee mini bagels. We just leave them in the bag sealed up. They do not get hard like Noahs' bagels do after a couple of days. We do not freeze them. On Saturday morning we serve Lox, cream cheese, onions and bagels to everyone who comes by. They have always been fresh by the weekend. I do attempt to get them just before we leave and I always check the pull dates.

Tiara · Post by **Tiara** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:16 pm

I've had regular sliced white bread last for nearly a week. All I did was keep the original bag closed, and keep the bread in the shade (not in a tent that reaches oven temperatures during the day).