The Traveller's Guide to Bread and Lizards

The Traveller’s
Guide to

Unleavened Bread

(and Herpetology)

by Tiger Peng

Introduction

The book that you hold in your hands or have pulled up on your
screen represents not simply knowledge, but an adventure
through history and around the entire globe. This journey will
focus on the two most important aspects of the modern world:
the ancient tradition of unleavened bread, and the study of
reptiles and amphibians. Travelling around the world, we will
take a brief look at the various unleavened bread throughout
history, the cultures who made them, the geography of the
regions in which they originated, and one unique reptile or
amphibian from the region. In your adventures as a
herpetologist and yeasted bread hater, I hope that this handy
guide will help you know what to expect!

History

The consensus among food historians is that the first leavened
bread was created around 1000 B.C in Egypt or Mesopotamia,
with some of the earliest known evidence of domesticated
yeast usage. However, unleavened bread has much a much
longer history. In fact, the earliest known a Pita-like fare, made
of barley and wheat, found in the Black Desert, and dated to be
more than 16,000 years old! This means that unleavened bread
made up some part of the prehistoric diet before the
Agricultural Revolution even started!

Table of Contents 3-4

Bread Map
Mesoamerica -Tortillas
Northern South America - Arepas
Scotland - Bannock
Brittany - Crepes
Romagna - Piadina
Norway - Lefse
Finland - Rieska
Egypt - Bataw
Southern Lavant - Matza
Fertile Crescent - Pita
Iran - Lavash
Ethiopia - Kitcha
Indian Subcontinent - Phulka
Java - Kamir

1. Mesoamerica - Tortillas - Lungless Salamander 6. Norway - Lefse - Viviparous Lizard
2. Northern South America - Arepas - Basilisks 7. Finland - Rieska - Slowworm
3. Scotland - Bannock - Great Crested Newt 8. Egypt - Bataw - Nile Delta Toad
4. Brittany - Crepes - Fire Salamander 9. Southern Levant - Matza - Hula
5. Romagna - Piadina - Italian Cave Salamander
Painted Frog

10. Fertile Crescent - Pita - Arabian Horned Viper
11. Iran - Lavash - Spider-Tailed Horned Viper
12. Ethiopia - Kitcha - Pancake Tortoise
13. Indian Subcontinent - Phulka - Gharial
14. Java - Kamir - Flying Gecko

History of the Bread and the Region (region map, and
historical bread related places/things)

Geography and Climate (photo spread)

Bread itself, accompaniment suggestions

Lizard in local region, with drawings and pictures

Tortillas - Mesoamerica/Mexico and Central America
Arepa - Colombia/Venezuela/Northern South America
Bannock - Scotland/British Isles/Anglosphere - America
Crepes - Brittany/France/Western Europe - Iberia
Piadina Bread - Romagna/Italy/Mediterranean
Lefse - Norway/Finniscandia/Nordic Countries
Rieska - Finland/Finniscandia/Nordic Countries/Northwest Russia
Matza - Israel/Southern Levant/Middle East
Pita - Fertile Crescent/Middle East & Mediterranean
Bataw - Egypt/Fertile Crescent/Middle East
Kitcha - Ethiopia/Eritrea/Eastern Africa
Lavash - Armenia/Azerbijan/Iran/Middle East
Phulka - Indian Subcontinent
Kamir - Central Java/Indonesia/West Pacific
Gharial - Indian Subcontinent
Basilisks - Northern South America
Pancake Tortoise - Tanzania/Kenya
Spider-Tailed Horned Viper - Iran
Lungless Salamanders - Mexico
Flying Gecko - Indonesia
Fire Salamander - West and Central Europe
Great Crested Newt - British Isles and Northern Europe
Nile Delta Toad - Egypt
Hula Painted Frog - Israel
Italian Cave Salamander - Romagna
Arabian Horned Viper - Arabia + Iraq
Viviparous Lizard - Far North Eurasia
Slowworm - North Europe