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Exodus and Sourdough During Passover
Exodus and Sourdough During Passover: The importance of leavening to the Passover story by Eric Pallant over on The Perfect Loaf.
An interesting read.
Exodus and Sourdough During Passover: The importance of leavening to the Passover story by Eric Pallant over on The Perfect Loaf.
An interesting read.
Sometimes I wonder why Passover unleavened bread ended up as matzah rather than roti/chapatti/tortilla-like. Those are also unleavened and quick to make.
I'm certainly no expert on Kosher laws, but I did find a reference to soft matzah via Wikipedia. They do indeed exist:
Most interesting! I wonder what leavened and unleavened bread were like in those days of the Exodus.
It would have been something more like a soft baked unleavened bread. The reason why Ashkenazim bake them into crisp crackers is because in order to be stringent they poke holes in the dough for a more thorough quicker bake.