We were riding through Sakkara village and saw these two women seated on the ground facing each other milling grain with an old stone hand mill. I suspect that they were grinding sorghum and possibly fenugreek to make a very old type of local bread. It's extremely thin and crispy with a slight herbal taste...Egyptian crackers. I love it and it isn't something that you can buy anywhere. You have to get it from the village women.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Milling the grain
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I congratulate you on this photo ,
It is really historical ,
I think you should had got out of your car and take a closer shot , because very soon you will never see this scene again , not in Egypt , not anywhere else
This lovely woman is really doing that for the pleasure of it , but for sure it is much cheaper to buy the ingredient ready . .
She uses the same old way the ancient Egyptian used when making bread
It is strange how many things have not developed yet in these 7000 years in Egypt .
The type of the local crispy bread you mean is called “ Bat tawo “ unfortunately there is no English word for it , nor even an Arabic word , batawo is already a history
It is the most lovely thing you may ever eat , I miss it , I have not seen it in years , it is my favorite thing , it is very very delicious when eaten with milk like corn flakes , please if you get any soon , send me some .
I think I would love the taste and texture of these Egyptian crackers.
LOL...hard to get out of my car when I was on a horse. We were only about 4 metres away. Any closer we might have stepped on them. Luckily the women in this village know me and are great about letting me take photos.
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