Baking Bread
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Fresh Bread! ...baked the old fashioned way in an old, wood-fire, stone oven.
From Humble Beginnings Bakery, was located the west coast village of Coulibistrie. The oven was originally built in the early 20th century on the banks of the Coulibistrie River. Unfortunately, this oven and bakery shop was washed away in 2015 with the flooding and devastation caused by Tropical Storm Ericka. Most bread in Dominica is baked in modern ovens and is made daily except for Sundays and holidays. Bread is delivered to grocery stores and other outlets as including small bakery "shops." Plus, bread is also sold out of the backseats of vans and cars that drive up and down village streets. |
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Bread Types: Expect to see french-style looking bread (mastif), a flat square bread (jackeri), a round, bun looking bread (rolly-polly-rolly), sub-style looking bread as well as hamburger and hotdog looking buns. Loaf-style bread, is not common, though it can be found occasionally.
Depending on the type of bread you purchase, expect to pay between EC .25 cents to EC $1 for individual breads.
Only a few bakeries on Dominica still utilized the tradition or have the means of baking bread the old fashioned way in a wood-fired, stone oven.
Bread can also be purchased at specific time, most often late afternoon, early evening, out the back windows of delivery vans and cars that make rounds along village streets.
As preservatives are not used, fresh bread lasts only about a day and half; placing the bread in the refrigerator will extend its life by a day or two and freezing for awhile.
Depending on the type of bread you purchase, expect to pay between EC .25 cents to EC $1 for individual breads.
Only a few bakeries on Dominica still utilized the tradition or have the means of baking bread the old fashioned way in a wood-fired, stone oven.
Bread can also be purchased at specific time, most often late afternoon, early evening, out the back windows of delivery vans and cars that make rounds along village streets.
As preservatives are not used, fresh bread lasts only about a day and half; placing the bread in the refrigerator will extend its life by a day or two and freezing for awhile.
