Thin rice starch batter pastry from the 6th century AD

Just look at this.  Wow.  Have to re-think lots of things. ca. 540 AD.  Recipe (not direct translation).  Take refined rice glutinous rice starch, add enough water to make a…

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Round up on griddle-baked thin pastry

Thank you everyone who has responded here, and on Facebook or Twitter, or via personal emails. Once again, I am amazed at the way these tools speed up intellectual interaction.  …

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Griddle Baked Pastry in Andhra Pradesh and (?) in Eritrea

Thanks so much for so many comments.  I’ll be replying properly when I have done my “real” work for the day.  But one more example to throw into the discussion,…

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