Interesting, all these comments on bread making.  The discussion about makes my mouth water.

The only thing I've ever cooked that was truly inedible was my first attempt at bannock in the Boundary Waters.  I followed the directions and used oil and a hot pan.  It burned badly, stuck to the teflon-coated pan, and I had to destroy both the bread and the pan's coating to separate the two.

Afterwards, I tried it with oil at home to try to figure out what went wrong.  Eventually I discovered that the problem was primarily the oil.  When I didn't use oil it didn't burn - as badly.  And when I started with a cold pan it didn't burn at all unless I wasn't paying enough attention.

Bannock comes out fine now.

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