On 3/27/2013 5:56 AM, Timo wrote:
> On Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:22:33 UTC+10, James Elbrecht wrote:
>>
>> 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
>


The Portuguese version, called "malasadas" (which translates to
"not-well-baked") is made with Portuguese/Hawaiian sweet bread dough.

The Navajo version unsweetened and called "fry bread" is used as the
base for "Navajo tacos".

gloria p