How thin is lavash?

McGruff

Lavash (also known as lahvosh or Armenian cracker bread) is a soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, and salt. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. While some wrap breads sold in the US label themselves as lavash, actual lavash is significantly thinner than those products. While soft, like a tortilla, when fresh, lavash is quick to dry, becoming brittle and hard. The soft form is usually preferable, due to a better taste and ease of making wrap sandwiches, however the dry form can be used for long-term storage and is used instead of bread in Eucharist ceremonies by the Armenian Orthodox Church. Traditionally it is rolled out flat and slapped against the hot walls of a tandoor oven, also called tonir in Armenian. This is still the method used all throughout Armenia. Because of its simple recipe and ease of cooking it has remained popular throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, Iran and the Caucasus since ancient times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavash Mar 26 06, 6:00 AM

Artsakh

Actually wikipedia does not mention the exact thinness. I can tell you it is so thin that it is almost transparent. Look through it in the sun and you will be blinded. Of course it requires well trained hands to make it so thin and some commercial producers make way thicker than traditional village bakers. Wrap barbecue in it and after an hour the bread will melt onto the meat like cheddar cheese! Of course you don't let this happen and consume quickly. The small volume of bread allows you to eat more than you would eat with normal bread. In Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) we have a saying that if somebody gets satisfied from eating cheese+green onions wrapped in lavash then he is ill!!! Sep 22 09, 5:39 AM