Hello from Bhutan & a question

I've made these sourdough English muffins and they are delicious.  You can substitute yeast for the sourdough, but making a sourdough is easy enough and there're plenty of websites that show you how.  Good luck.

http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2007/09/11/sourdough-english-muffins/

Oh, what I would give to be able to see the Bhutan for myself! I'm very interested in other cultures - but as I get older, my health is far from perfect and I doubt that I'll travel very far from my Boston home. Please share more with us - helps me travel via my armchair. :D

As far as your bread - you said that all you have is a frying pan - is there any way you could get a heavy pot, such as cast iron? Years ago I lived in a campground for a summer (sad plan to build our own home that never panned out). I 'baked' white bread (don't remember what recipe I used, but I'm sure it was just a standard, everyday type), and baked it in a covered cast iron pan, outside, over a charcoal grill. It came out incredible, as I remember. That was about 25 yrs ago, so I can't remember the details, though, except that I made sure it was a low flame & let it cook a good long while.

If you can't get something like that, besides the English muffin idea, which is excellent, if you have a cover for your frying pan, I would give just about any recipe a try. Make sure the pan is well oiled, cover & put it on low heat when the dough is ready to 'bake.'

Homemade tortillas would work (homemade are delicious) - and there's always (yum!) fry bread. There are specific recipes for fry bread around, but my family's (Italian) version was just bread dough fried up in oil. Mmm - we'd have it w/butter & sugar, but I'm sure it would taste good many other ways.

Now I'm hungry...

Hi Rachael

Where exactly are you in Bhutan? I am in Thimphu, and getting an oven was quite easy. Curd is available from many restaurants, and yogurt is made commercially in Bhutan. I even bought a dutch oven.

Bye
Mark