It has been suggested bannock this article be split into multiple articles. Bannock is a variety of flat quick bread or any large, round article baked or cooked from grain. A bannock is usually cut into sections before serving.
The word “bannock” comes from Northern and Scots dialects. The Oxford English Dictionary states the term stems from panicium, a Latin word for “baked dough”, or from panis, meaning bread. Bannock varieties can be named or differentiated according to various characteristics: the flour or meal from which they are made, whether they are leavened or not, whether they have certain special ingredients, how they are baked or cooked, and the names of rituals or festivals in which they are used. Selkirk bannock from Scotland is well-known and named after the town in the Scottish borders where it is traditionally made.
It is a spongy, buttery variety, sometimes compared to a fruitcake, made from wheat flour and containing a very large quantity of raisins. Louis Goossens, The old English glosses of ms. Epistle To James Tennant Of Glenconner”. The Complete Works of Robert Burns. Bannock Stane at Aberdeen University’s Virtual Museum”.
Practically Edible: The Web’s Biggest Food Encyclopaedia. BREAD: the breads of the world and how to bake them at home. Originally published as The World Encyclopedia of Bread and Bread Making. The Life and Death of a Druid Prince. The Bannock tribe were originally Northern Paiute but are more culturally affiliated with the Northern Shoshone. They are in the Great Basin classification of Indigenous People. The Northern Paiute have a history of trade with surrounding tribes.