Injera

    Injera is a sourdough-like spongy flat bread traditionally made from minimally glutenous teff flour and the saliva of the baker(and anyone else on hand) as a fermenting agent. Luckily, food regulations are fairly strict in California.

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    1. Ledio (mostly away) (73 months ago | reply)

      saliva of the baker?!?

    2. hellgah! (73 months ago | reply)

      i've seen ethiopian restaurants in Berkeley or is it Oakland?... i've wondered what kind of menu they have.
      i guess in Ethiopia water is scarce hence the saliva?

    3. sbaracchina (73 months ago | reply)

      I'm hungry!

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    5. Dshalock® Libertarian Emperor of America (65 months ago | reply)

      Well you hope they are following the fairly strict food regulations of California.

      delete

    6. ​eyebex (65 months ago | reply)

      What ARE the regulations? Strict testing of baker saliva on daily basis?

    7. Totalvoyew [deleted] (65 months ago | reply)

      this is an awesome photo. I love Ethiopian food. I wish i could enjoy something like that. there is only one black family in my town, well they do not like being called black, they like being called African, as they are from Tanzania, but they do not make Ethiopian food.
      save

    8. swissrolli (65 months ago | reply)

      thank you i've just eaten

      delete2

    9. Chiacchierona [deleted] (65 months ago | reply)

      Better hope he didn't have thrush.

      delete

    10. liber (65 months ago | reply)

      Here is a damn good paella!

      SAVE2 some for me

    11. ososment (65 months ago | reply)

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    12. oscar juarez (65 months ago | reply)

      i like the dof

      save

    13. bluest_girl (65 months ago | reply)

      I don't really care about injera, it's the stuff you put ON it that's good!

      save4

    14. Pascalinetta (65 months ago | reply)

      too commercial looking for me

      delete

    15. Kommie P. (65 months ago | reply)

      facsinating.

      -delete

    16. HE∀THCLIFF 'N C∀THY [deleted] (65 months ago | reply)

      lolzzzzz. ancient chinese secret!!!!!!

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    17. SandraDavis (65 months ago | reply)

      I love Ethiopian food. I bought some teff flour to make myself injera... hmmm... maybe that's what I'll make for dinner. Thanks!

      Nice pic.

      save7

    18. mrquick (65 months ago | reply)

      Food

      -Voted "save8" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)

    19. Sadie Shooter (65 months ago | reply)

      lovely bokeh!

      save9

    20. digitalrhino (65 months ago | reply)

      I don't like Ethiopian food or this photo.

      delete

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    22. fonsico (65 months ago | reply)

      i like it

      save

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    25. photomato (64 months ago | reply)

      Nice photo. I really didn't need to know that about injera, though. I hope that's not true.

    26. photomato (64 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Injera and yummy food, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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      grevillea. and amynelsondesign added this photo to their favorites.

    28. nyamkitchen (62 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NYAM!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

      Beautiful!!

    29. Эйнар (62 months ago | reply)

      I had some ethiopian friends many years ago. Ate injera with very very spicy chicken at their place. Had yellow fingers (from the spices) for weeks afterwards. Very nice to be reminded of those times. Maybe I should find a recipe.

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    31. Эйнар (55 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flatbread, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    32. rajamutha86 (54 months ago | reply)

      WWW.suresh.com

    33. bennyart (54 months ago | reply)

      im from ethiopia and i dont know where u come up with "saliva of the baker " lol u got a very good shot but sadly a very untrue info. yes ethiopia has been through drought in the past but even then they had a sense of right and wrong , that is y the cuban troops who were deployed there in ethiopia at the time were surprised to see donkeys running around , when people where dying of drought,Apparently Ethiopians dont eat anything the bible tells them not to . Let alone someone else's saliva. thanx for your picture though

    34. 'SeraphimC (54 months ago | reply)

      My father lived in ethiopia for some time in his youth, and that's where I learned that they would chew some of the ingredients to add their saliva as a way to get the fermentation to begin. There's a similar process in making a beer from corn in the Andes.

      I am willing to believe my father completely made it up though. :-)

      Thanks for stopping by, I am glad you like the photo.

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    36. FiINN (39 months ago | reply)

      OMG saliva? That's is absolutely not true.

      delete200

    37. 'SeraphimC (39 months ago | reply)

      Maybe not anymore, but my father, who grew up in Ethiopia said that's how it was made in the villages in the '50s. Using saliva to start fermentation isn't that uncommon across several cultures, but I can't seem to find anything online about the use of saliva in injera.

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      In The Kitch added this photo to their favorites. (35 months ago)

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