A survey of laxoox/canjeero, a traditional Somali flatbread

Production Styles

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5166703
AutoresErin Wolgamuth (autor correspondente), Salwa Yusuf, Ali Hussein (0009-0005-0158-3353, Hormuud University), Antonella Pasqualone (0000-0001-6675-2203, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume9
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Ethnic Foods (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2352-6181 • E-ISSN: 2352-619X
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s42779-022-00138-3
OpenAlexW4283219515
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas30

Flatbreads are traditional food products of ancient origin, still produced and appreciated in their original locations and beyond, having spread through historical and modern migration. While the history and preparation of Somali flatbread, known ascanjeeroin southern regions andlaxooxin northern regions, has been shared orally for generations among the women who cook it at home, it has not been the object of scientific studies. An in-field study was therefore carried out in various cities in Somalia, Somaliland, and Ethiopia's Somali State to document the formulation, production methods, and consumption patterns of this Somali flatbread.Laxoox/canjeeroproduction was found to be relatively homogenous, but the data revealed two significant divergences: in bread formulation and in the procedure for structure development. These divergences result from disparities in the mechanization of bread production between rural and urban, and from the destruction of infrastructure, including food processing machines in public markets, leading up to the Somali civil war. An original framework of four production styles ("heritage," "new heritage," "innovative," and "global") illustrates these divergences in detail. Heritage production is linked to the historic era of nomadic Somali pastoralism, while the other three styles originated in civil conflict and continue today.Graphical abstract

Archaeology · Economics · Geography · Pastoralism · Social science · Sociology · Somali · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology