[Avodah] What does the ShaAr HaTziYun Mean - It can be used for the Mitzvah of Matza?

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:15:59PM +1100, Meir Rabi wrote:
: The Mechaber 661:2 mentions an opinion that one should protest against those
: who make 'damper', dough that is baked in the hot ash or coals of a fire.

I don't know how much this resembles, but for people wondering what
damper is as much as I did, there is a traditional Australian bread
made with sodium bicarbonate (rather than yeast) on hot coals. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damper_%28food%29

In Newfoundland, "damper dogs" are small round lumps of dough baked in
a stove's flue's dampers.

Common theme is that a "damper" is baked in spare heat, not the soda
bread aspect of the Australian version.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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