Matnakash or Lavash?

[NarEkoO]

:D which do you prefer????

-matnakash for me all the way..i love it and i dont care if it's old or new.

[angelik22]

mmm bread--- i havent had bread for a while--im trying to cutt back on the bad habbit lol.... its hard when ure armenian- bread is a part of every dish-- haats paneer, haats, haats, and some more haats..who else has 10 different varieties of bread ther than armenians?.... anywhoo.... and one thing is how its so sacred for armenian peope- i remember when we were littel if the bread fell on the floor my mom would make us kiss it and put it on a table- i always questioned that- and ive found the aswer in an armenian story about bread- it is said to be sacred beacuse alot f work goes into makng bread.... and we should be thankful for it and the people who work hard to make it-- i dunno that sounds weird- but im sure some of your families have the same idea as well...

[!EEK]

If I knew what Matnakash was, I would vote....someone care to explain? Maybe I know what it is but we use different names

[Anonymouse]

BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gevo]

matnakash is good. what is 14jack bread considered? (pita) it is not lavash right???.. anywho thats what i usually have.

[!EEK]

matnakash is good. what is 14jack bread considered? (pita) it is not lavash right???.. anywho thats what i usually have.

Whats matnakash!!!!!!!

And lavash is like arapagan hatz but thiner...and better :p

[Tigranes]

Matnakash all the way.
I can eat the whole thing right after it's baked without anything else.

[!EEK]

well, I'm voting lavash coz no one explains me whats a matnakash

[sleuth]

Nothing can beat old,real, Yerevanian style matnakash and tonri lavashhhhhh.... chanax kam Lori panirov.Delight.

[SagGal]

I can't pick one, because they are both good. I think Matnakash has more flavor, but lavash can be used to roll stuff with it.
My mom used to make really good matnakash in Yerevan. Fresh homemade matnakash. Yummm. So good. :)


!EEK, matnakash is Armenian bread. For some strange reason I can't find a picture of it.

[Siggie]

I vote for barrbari!!!

http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/tabrizibarbaribread.jpg

[!EEK]

!EEK, matnakash is Armenian bread. For some strange reason I can't find a picture of it.

Lavash is also armenian....ok I vote lavash. I like lavash

[Siggie]

!EEK, matnakash is Armenian bread. For some strange reason I can't find a picture of it.

Here you go... I found one.

http://www.sevanbakery.com/Products/Breads/Armenian_Bread/armenianbread2.jpg

[sleuth]

I vote for barrbari!!!

http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/tabrizibarbaribread.jpg

It looks more like a matnakash..barrbari is the same matnakash?

[CatWoman]

Whats matnakash!!!!!!!

lol, barskahays call it barbari EEK ;)

[sleuth]

Here you go... I found one.

http://www.sevanbakery.com/Products/Breads/Armenian_Bread/armenianbread2.jpg


Sesame seeds on top of matnakash? That's something new.

[!EEK]

Cat, why barsgahye? I'm not barsgahye, I'm lipanahye. But thanks for the info ;)

And thank you siggie for the picture, I've never seen this kind of bread...It seems like a "normal" bread....or whait.. is there "air" in it (sorry for this bad english but I meant if there was very little crumb inside?)

[Tigranes]

Sesame seeds on top of matnakash? That's something new.


It's non-Armenian.
Genuine Armenian food has no sesame seeds. Sesame seed on food is a non-Armenian middle eastern concept.

[HyePrincess]

Matnakash all the way.
I can eat the whole thing right after it's baked without anything else.


same here i LOVE matnakash i dont really like lavash

[Thai-Samurai]

Matnakash is good especially right out of the oven like someone said. But lavash is really good too. And it's easier to make sandwhiches out of it. And you can eat cheese w/ it easily.

[sleuth]

It's non-Armenian.
Genuine Armenian food has no sesame seeds. Sesame seed on food is a non-Armenian middle eastern concept.

I know.That's why I said it's something new.

[Siggie]

Sesame seeds on top of matnakash? That's something new.


It's non-Armenian.
Genuine Armenian food has no sesame seeds. Sesame seed on food is a non-Armenian middle eastern concept.

I didn't know that... I looked up matnakash and found a similar picture, but tiny and then I found this under Armenian bread at an Armenian bakery's website.
I'm only familiar with barbari.

[Genuine_Stud]

Ohhhh..... so that's what they call the bread I eat all the time.... matnakash.... how interesting. I love the Yerevanian style of matnakash and lavash as well. Although....I love matnakash.... it's very good.

Hmmmm.......

I vote for Lavash instead.... :laugh:

[!EEK]

In fact my favorite bread of all time is the zaddig hatz(forgot the exact name, just give me a few minutes to rememebr....)!! It's sooo good and it seems I can't never get enough.

[!EEK]

Bestestest bread of all time: -------------> CHOREG!!

[Inna]

mmm bread--- i havent had bread for a while--im trying to cutt back on the bad habbit lol.... its hard when ure armenian- bread is a part of every dish-- haats paneer, haats, haats, and some more haats..who else has 10 different varieties of bread ther than armenians?.... anywhoo.... and one thing is how its so sacred for armenian peope- i remember when we were littel if the bread fell on the floor my mom would make us kiss it and put it on a table- i always questioned that- and ive found the aswer in an armenian story about bread- it is said to be sacred beacuse alot f work goes into makng bread.... and we should be thankful for it and the people who work hard to make it-- i dunno that sounds weird- but im sure some of your families have the same idea as well...

we used to do that when I was little too, whenever we saw bread on the ground we would always pick it up and blow on it (to get the germs off, not that that actually worked) than kiss it (to bless the bread) and then we would put it on a nearby stone, my dad always said that if we couldnt eat it off the dirt ground, at least the birds would see it and eat it so it doesnt go to waste.

[DimndInDaRuf]

i remember when we were littel if the bread fell on the floor my mom would make us kiss it and put it on a table- i always questioned that- and ive found the aswer in an armenian story about bread- it is said to be sacred beacuse alot f work goes into makng bread.... and we should be thankful for it and the people who work hard to make it-- i dunno that sounds weird- but im sure some of your families have the same idea as well...


The reason bread is so sacred to the armenian people is because in the worse times, when people didn't have any money or any food, they would just survive by eating bread. In Armenia, they value bread very much. Whether they buy it from the store or make it themselves. I know in the villages, people would make the bread themselves and they would let it dry so it lasts longer. Here in America I think we take it for granted. Like me for example...I would always throw bread away after it had been opened. I wouldn't eat it the second day...and my grandma, who came to America like 2 years ago, would always get mad at me and say... "In Armenia we would never throught bread away"....... I still do it but I don't think she knows....SORRY GRANDMA :)

[CatWoman]

Okay fine they're not the same Miss gaucho... but awfully close :D and what better way to tell someone what matnakash is than to just say barbari. Gotta make sure the person is barskahay though, or else it wont help much.... hehe EEK :wave:

[!EEK]

Gotta make sure the person is barskahay though, or else it wont help much.... hehe EEK :wave:

*looking around

Are you talking to me? Damn it's hard having my nickname :p...Whats up with barskahays?

[FFIGU94598]

Where can I buy Fresh baked Matnakash Bread
in the los Angeles area or get the recipe to try to make it
Thanks you

[freakyfreaky]

Try Jon's or Karabagh Meat Market. Or, you can go to any of the many Armenian market/bakeries that pepper Hollywood, Glendale, Burbank, Van Nuys etc. And, you can also get Barbari, similar to Matnakash, at a Persian market/bakery.