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The bread was baked on Hönö by the area's fishing and farming families. The flatbread was easy to store and eat during fishing trips on the sea. Just as with
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: Hönö bread or Hönö cake)'' is a type of Swedish
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flat soft white pricked bread
Bread is a baked food product made from water, flour, and often yeast. It is a staple food across the world, particularly in Europe and the Middle East. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cu ...
. It is named after the island town Hönö
Hönö is a locality situated in Öckerö Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Nor ...
in Gothenburg's northern archipelago, and was originally baked by the people living on said archipelago's different islands. The bread is baked in round flat pieces, but is usually sold as half-circles. In 2014, industrially made ''hönökaka'' was produced by two manufactures, Åkes Äkta Hönökakor and Pågen.
Åke "Grytens-Karl" Johannesson began his bakery business in Hönö in 1934, and moved his operations to Torslanda
Torslanda is an urban district situated in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 10,129 inhabitants in 2005.
Etymology
A Norse pagan place of sacrifice to the God Thor was once located here, which gave rise to the nam ...
in 1960.
The bread was baked on Hönö by the area's fishing and farming families. The flatbread was easy to store and eat during fishing trips on the sea. Just as with crispbread
Crispbread is a flat and dry type of bread, containing mostly rye flour. Crispbreads are lightweight and keep fresh for a very long time due to their lack of water. Crispbread is a staple food and was for a long time considered a poor man's diet ...
, the ''hönökaka'' was holed so that they could be hung from the rafters on poles. The bread was stored for a long time and was often eaten even after it gone stale and hard. Homemade ''hönökaka'' is usually slightly firmer than industrially baked.
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