How to Make Ash Cakes - A Primitive and Bushcraft Bread or Preppers Food
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2019
- Ash Cakes - A Primitive and Bushcraft Bread or Preppers Food. Ash Cakes - A historical food dating back to when early humans first started to cultivate grains and process them into breads, pastes, gruels and meals.
How Ash Cakes are cooked are on the ashes of a fire so they are not to burn, but simple to become a chewy bread-like treat. This method of cooking is still in use today by many cultures around the world and as a favorite among many survivalists, bushcrafters and primitive skills enthusiasts.
Ash cakes were popular during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars as an easily carried food source. Ash Cakes have been a simple way to make a meal from simple ingredients like: ground whole wheat flour, pinch of salt and water. Ash Cakes have different names like; Fire Cakes, Indian Bread, Coal Crackers and Ash Bread.
In this video I show three different ways to cook Ash Cakes with three slight variation. I also use one of my favorite ingredients…duck fat as a topping and as a cooking additive. This is a simple backcountry/primitive cooking method that has lasted the tests of time.
If you can’t make it out to a campfire…no worries! You can cook Ash Cakes over stove top with a skillet on LOW HEAT or fry them up in a pan. Either way is fine. Remember, its A way not THE way! Just make it your way.
-1 Cup of Flour.
-Pinch of salt or seasoning to taste.
-Add water and mix until a dough ball is formed that is not wet and will not stick to your hands.
-Flatten out to desired size.
-Place on white ash (fried in fat or roasted over coals).
-Turn until golden or slightly charred (or until you deem ready).
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Great vid Donny. In Australia we roll it into a long sausage like shape, wrap it around a stick and roast them over the fire which leaves a nice crust with a soft light centre we call damper. Very traditional Aussie food that was very commonly made by swagmen in the Great Depression. Have a good one!
Thanks Tom. I have see the dough on the stick before. Smart idea for sure without a doubt. A way not THE way is what I always say. Just make it your own! Cheers brother!
We do similar but as sweat bread on fire around stick to have with coffee.
I have been wondering for a while if there was an easy to make camp bread. Thank you again for a dip into the mind of the informed.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
My daughter wanted to make some, we can't build a fire where we live so we made some and cooked them on the stove. Turned out pretty good.
Hell yeah!
He's right. I came across these as "journey cakes" or "jonny cakes". People carried them on adventures all throughout history, in one form or another. They're light weight, they're filling, they last forever, and they're super cheap to make. You can make them as simple or fancy as you want. I've used them during hard times and a little goes a long way. I've accidently filled up a whole skillet before and ate on it for like two days, breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's a great thing to know how to do. That's the funny thing about survival skills. Even if you're not in a survival situation, just knowing a few things can make everyday life more comfortable or less expensive. Y'all, try making it with oatmeal instead of flour too. Try tossing some eggs or green beans and diced onion in there. It's good.
Heck, I have done similar bread in me flat when I was bit broke and only had like flour and salt in cupboard using frying pan at medium heat.
The Freudian Slip combo @ 1:26 was funny. May I ad lib? We do "Dabs" at 7,000' and drop into the spirit world.
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Thx for sharing Donny. I've never tried my Bannock with duck fat before! I've used the following basic recipe for years...Hard to believe but bread is one of the things I most look forward to when hiking.
1 cup flour (white or a mixture of white and whole wheat)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup dry milk powder
add fat of choice when mixing to cook.
Optional - Add berries or nuts you collect while hiking.
Beauty Berry (Americana Calicarpa), mulberry, black berry ect.
This recipe actually rises a small amount if left alone for 30min before cooking (Hard to do when you're hungry)
Good video.
I like to do basically the same thing except i put a rock in the fire to warm up and just cook the cake on the rock. I also like to add dry fruits or nuts to them as my twist for flavor.
Thank you so much Mr. Donny, this content is truly awesome!
Not gunna lie, rendered duck fat was the last ingredient I would have thought haha.
I’ve added small chocolate chips to mine and made a cookie! Haha.
Yes sir 👍 I grew up in New Mexico so yah, fried bread all the way 👍
Goose fat is my favorite
Great video Donny
Goose fat...next set of ash cakes are going in the goose fat!!!
@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks right on
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Damn it! Now I’m hungry. Thanks Donnie!
Love Ash cakes. So simple. Thats the best Ash cake film I've seen . Nice one fella 👍
Atb Rick n Billydog
Little things like this might not seem all that great but when you're out there in the middle of it all this little meal would be such a nice needed little break. Make ya feel more homey or safe. As much as the food is a source of energy it's also a way to keep your brain sane. Little things like this are just a nice break from it the cold and stress.
love me some duck fat. cool video.
That's got to be a great way to get calories in a hurry!. Thank you for another awesome and informative video mate, love the content.
those ash cakes look's good.
Awesome!!!!
Straight up Indian fry bread, so good👍
Thanks for sharing Don good healthy foods keep you going.
Awesome video Donny. Ive made like a bannock at home never out in the bush but i will eventually.
Excellent video
Started you a playlist
nice Donny's duck donut chips.. that does look good..
Like it man! Nothing like making a hot treat in the winter wilderness.
Awesome vid man
COOL, MAN!
Nice video
Yum😋
Great, useful content. Well done lad
Miniature chapatis 👌
You adding duck fat reminds me of how people used to eat bread and dripping! That was a go-to food to fill the bellies of the working class folk, not so long ago, in fact my mum used to eat it.
Since you’re pulling out the essentials, I think you should have a little jar of wild berry jam or manzanita berries for a topper. They look great and I’ll be making them. Thanks Donny. 🤙🏼
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garlic powder and dill is a great combo for biscuits
DwayneTheBushcrafter trying it on my next batch.
Cool! I used to make tea biscuits when I was a baker and Garlic and Dill were really good, you add the same amount as you would salt, so if it was 1tsp(teaspoon) of salt you would add 1tsp of garlic powder and 1tsp of Dill! @@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks
the last one is called a pratha and i eat that almost every single day, it's taste is out of this world.
Nice. Appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts. Thanks.
Yea boi
Damn you where right! Just tried one and its just as good as you described it! Thanks for the tips, all love
I also added some dried pulverized stone sweet to the dough and it really fit!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching. Much respect.
@@woolf100 Dried pulverized stone sweet??
@@RobPainless my bad i translated directly from swedish thinking it would work.... Polypodium vulgare is the name :)
@@woolf100 Oh! Ok Cool! Thanks for that!
Great job!
Could you make a video about the equipment of Ötzi the iceman?
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I thought it see hash cake at first bro lol. Great video as well bro
I give mine an Indian/Pakistani vibe by adding a little turmeric, kashmir chilli and garam masala powder. But never fried them........ Oh but I am going to. Oh yes indeed. Thanks for sharing.
Looks pretty damn tasty Donny !! Cheers bro id like to try this...take care !! :;,:;,:;, Spook
Ash cakes are bombbbb. IM surprised you didnt put Tajin in yours :)
What are some survival foods you can make Bush style that are rice spaced if you have a stock pilot rice
Donny have you published your meat/nut mix recipe that you carry?
If you want something that will change your life, make those with cattail pollen as your flour and slather them in duck fat!!!!!!!!
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I've seen you use a flat Rock before.. can you heat The Rock and place the dough on it? Kind of like making pita bread
Ohh here in the south we call them torta fritas(fried cakes) and tortillas lol 🇦🇷
How do you wash your pots and any utensils you might use? Like, do you just heat or boil everything or do you have a soap recipe or something?
Awesome videos!
Most people will dump the fat into the firepit and boil some water in it then wipe it
@@sixspadez7548 basic soap fat +wood ash or lye
Hey Donny was just wondering if you could cook them on the hot/warm stones that you but around the fire also can you make sweet ash cakes?
Absolutely. It’s not an issue at all.
Put some peanut butter or jelly on it then you got a snack 👍🏼
Ok
Can you do a vid on rendered duck fat?
1nd👍😅
Oh lord bear fat? You better make sure you get it during spring time while they’re eating mostly greens😂
I like berry bears. those are the good tasting bears.
Would this work with making ash cakes like a fullsize Nan bread?
Guns n' Reels Outdoors I am sure it would. I have made large ash cakes before about the size on NaN Bread. This type of cooking is best for yeast free breads.
How do you get the flour if you get stuck without any
What pot size is that?
He made a deep fried cookie fat bomb in the middle of nowhere.
so it's like pita bread
Somewhat...I’ve never made pita bread.
Is the duck fat what gave you a heart attack donny? I have lots of wild garlic near me. Garlic nans
How many ducks did it take to fill that jar?
Daaaamn no dabs, so you got some bud? 😂 I’m jk
Your duck fat on your ash cakes is like fried bread or dripping sandwichs which are slices of bread placed in the fat of the roast on one side and eaten or spread like butter on bread the dripping nsme comes from the fat tendering off spit roasted meat
I love cooking on the coals. I put steak, pork, fish, poultry, potatoes, even hardy veggies like carrots, onions and garlic cloves (with skin on) and just put them right on the coals.
Best way to cook if you ask me.
We're do you get your duck fat
I render it from the ducks I hunt.
Donny my dust daddy
Why isnt it made of rocks
So pretty much is a copyright of a flour tortilla
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This is what the slaves ate I read all about it.
Native Americans made them Shawnee cakes
Jesus Christ I love you too homie will be there in about an hour or so hot and I can get u