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The ash-cake described by A. Mizrachi, or what is called by him jamrī (جَمْرِي), is also baked directly over coals and thought to be a delicacy in South-Arabia. [12] Nathan ben Abraham , the 11th-century Mishnah exegete, explains the method of making a type of ash cake ( ma'asei re'afīm ) in Palestine .
Other, less popular leavening agents included soured barley cakes, beer foam, or fermented grape juice. [10] Ash cake was the ancient Roman term for food produced in the ashes of a fire. This type of food may be the ancestor of Italian flatbread focaccia . [ 3 ]
ChronoZoom is a timeline for Big History being developed for the International Big History Association by Microsoft Research and University of California, Berkeley Asian Studies online: a timeline of major developments
Find out the history of one of Mardi Gras's long-standing traditions: the Mardi Gras King Cake.
Khubz al-Jamri (Arabia, Northern Yemen): ash cake made by burying dough in hot ashes and embers; Kisra, Laffa ; Lahoh (Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Yemen) Lavash (Armenia and Iran) Zhingyalov Hats : flatbread filled with herbs and spices; Lebanese Bread : white flour, dried yeast, sugar, salt and water [citation needed]
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While these day we often associate Fat Tuesday and the king cake with beads and booze, the cake tradition actually started with Three Kings Day, a holiday that happens 12 days after Christmas.
This method was passed down orally in Black families in the Antebellum South, and slave narratives describe how slaves cooked food this way. The word "ash" was appended to the name of some of the food thus prepared, as in "ash cake" and "ash roasted potatoes". Enslaved people placed food directly on hot ashes or coals to roast or bake their foods.