On Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:22:33 UTC+10, James Elbrecht wrote:
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> If anyone called them featherbeds, do you know where the name came
> from? It is supposedly a handed down recipe-- but I'm curious
> about whether it came from the English, Irish, German, Canadian,
> Quaker, ?Native American?- or 'NY redneck' branch.

There are breads like this from Eastern Europe, usually called "langos" or similar (from the Hungarian name). E.g., http://www.netcooks.com/recipes/Sand...an.Langos.html

Similar is found throughout Central Asia, with Turkish, Caucasian, Kazakh, Mongolian, etc. versions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boortsog

Also Indian puri.

Wikipedia tells me there is a Navaho version, which I had never heard of befo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frybread