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Damper (Australian Campfire Bread)

Damper is Australian bushman's bread, made while camping or "waltzing matilda" (carrying a swag around looking for work). It is meant to be made outside by a campfire.

Source and licence

"Damper (Australian Campfire Bread)" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Damper_(Australian_Campfire_Bread), revision 4601827), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Damper_(Australian_Campfire_Bread)&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Add salt to flour.
  2. Add water, then mix and form into a round loaf.
  3. Dig a 1 foot-deep hole near a fire, and fill it with 2 shovels of hot coals and ash.
  4. Add damper mixture to a greased camp oven (traditional cast iron round pot with lid).
  5. Cook in the hole for a maximum of 40 minutes. If undercooked it will be flat and rubbery.
  6. Your first try may be inedible. Keep trying, you'll soon be an expert.