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After a quick search on the net, here's a few bread recipes for brave kitchen chemists to have a look at:

http://www.recipezaar.com/96980 This is an injera recipe...the Ethiopian flatbread made from fermented teff...It's very good stuff. I haven't tried this recipe exactly, but have tried injera and wasn't entirely satisfied with my results...I do want to try again, soon, though...if you can make anything NEAR the real thing...it's such good stuff.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes ... 45,00.html Here's one for an Indian flatbread made by soaking rice and lentils, grinding in the blender, and then adding some other yummy-sounding stuff. I plan to try something like this, based on this idea, as soon as I get the chance.

Here is something very similar to the recipe I've got somewhere at home for rice bread http://breadrecipes.cookingcache.com/re ... read.shtml

The one I've got was a little more detailed than this (can't remember if mine called for an egg--but I say, just ignore the egg!), but basically you soak rice and grind it in a blender and then add water and baking powder and bake in a cast-iron pan. It was pretty good.

I plan to fiddle around with some/all of these whenever I can find the time...that's the tricky part, ya know!

Wow, Groundhogg, you outdid yourself! These recipes look awesome!

I've got some teff flour in the freezer right now, just waiting for a good injera recipe. I can't wait to try making some. The Indian flat bread plus recipe for sambar look fabulous too. They're making my mouth water!

Thanks for finding these!

You're too funny! I've made all sorts of "science experiment"-type foods, like sauerkraut, cashew "cheese," almond milk kefir, young coconut kefir, and so on. I always put them on top of my fridge, where the temperature is a little higher (and maybe where I can't smell them!).

Speaking of smelly foods, has anyone here eaten durian? It's an exotic fruit with a sulpherous odor from SE Asia. It has luscious, custard-like pods inside of a 10-12 lb spikey fruit. DH and I bought one a few days ago, and every time I opened the fridge, the smell would permeate the room. The other day, I came upstairs in the morning to the kitchen, and thought we must have a gas leak! Then I remembered the durian!

I've never smelled durian, but I hear that it's banned in many places in Asian countries (like airports, subways, etc.) because the smell is so strong!!!!

I heard that too, Groundhogg!