Damper Bread

On a sunny Friday afternoon, we ventured to the 'wild' area behind Voyagers' classrooms for a cookery lesson.

We established some 'camps' in which we lit some fires on which we were going to bake some damper bread. Damper bread, also known as bush bread or seedcake, is a traditional unleavened bread that has been made by Aboriginal Australians for thousands of years by crushing native seeds, nuts, and roots into a dough, which is then baked in hot coals or ashes. This method was adopted by the early European settlers, who used a wheat-based dough.

It is thought that the name damper derives from the practice of directly cooking the dough over the dampened coals of a fire. 

Also, we decorated wooden discs with images inspired by nature and our interests.