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Eating Memoir Week 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cNan\u201d by me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe nan is the staff of life for the Uyghur people; it has an almost sacred significance\u201d (Dunlop, 2008, p. 243). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Uyghur people are not the only ones who treat bread as if it is sacred. Bread is eaten in many different religions across the world and regarded as very sacred. The love for bread (specifically nan bread) is something that the Uyghur people share with many other people in the world. \u201cThe Uyghur share their nan-baking technology with the Persians (who probable invented it), Afghans, Uzbeks, Northern Indians, and Turks, among others, and it has ancient roots in the region\u201d (Dunlop, 2008, p. 243). This is one strong example of the ability food has to unite people, and the way food travels. \u201cThe cooking of the Uyghur people… has echoes of both East and West\u201d (Dunlop, 2008, 239). Flat bread has been consumed widely across many cultures for centuries. The consumption of flat bread is one thing that almost everybody shares in common. What sets the Uyghur people apart from everybody else, is that their nan is said to be the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that seems to make everybody gravitate towards bread, is that it is an incredibly versatile food. \u201cThe nan is a bread with many uses. It can serve as an edible platter for kebabs or juicy steamed dumplings; or be used to wrap food for takeaway. It is imminently portable… even stale bread can be resurrected by dipping in tea\u201d (Dunlop, 2008, p. 244). Many people eat their food wrapped in flat bread or sandwiched between slices of bread. Bread can be used as a way to \u201cbeef up\u201d your meal. During the Great Depression meatloaf became a staple meal, as people discovered that they would use less meat if they added in bread. In last week\u2019s cooking lab, bread was added into chili to thicken up it up. Bread is a beloved food because it goes with almost anything. It is used to elevate so many different kinds of food without being a distraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cBread\u201d by me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The bread that was used in last week\u2019s chili was homemade, and was the bread that I decided to make for this week\u2019s cooking lab. My mom was also making homemade freezer jam at the same time. I thought I would include it in the lab, as bread and jam pair so well together. In chapter 14, Fuchsia Dunlop describes the process of making nan bread. \u201cInside, his wife and sister rolled the dough into large rounds, and pricked a pattern into it… They smeared each round with mashed onion and oil, and flipped it, upside-down, onto a padded cushion. Ahmad then thrust the cushion into the oven… Ten minutes later, when he hooked it out, the bread was a ravishing golden brown, patterned Elaborately with quill-pricks and morsels of roasted onion\u201d (Dunlop, 2008, p. 243). I wish I could say that the bread I made came out looking so flawless. It wasn\u2019t as good as the bread made last week, because it didn\u2019t rise very well and was a little dense, but it did taste good. The jam turned out really nice, and it tasted great spread across the bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Recipe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bread<\/p>\n\n\n\n