6. Vegetable Flatbread Some people claim Central Plains breakfasts are all deep-fried. Let's set the record s…
6. Vegetable Flatbread
Some people claim Central Plains breakfasts are all deep-fried. Let's set the record straight. Vegetable flatbread is a staple that puts vegetables front and center, with no frying involved.
To explain it, you first need to know luomo, a thin flatbread cooked on a hot griddle. For vegetable flatbread, you roll out two sheets before they're cooked.
Lay one down like a bedsheet and pile on seasonal greens. In spring, you'll see shepherd's purse, spinach, and chives. In summer, amaranth and schizonepeta join the mix. Come autumn and winter, when the harvest gets tallied up, almost anything can go in.
Then you cover it with the second soft sheet like a quilt and set it on the hot griddle to wait, while the flavors of all four seasons fall asleep together under one big blanket.