Being American, we are a blend of nationalities and ethnicities that make ancestry truly fascinating. I’ve enjoyed making foods from all of my homelands and today it’s Soda Bread of Ireland.
Soda Bread like so many everyday inexpensive recipes has been upgraded to the point that some is hardly recognizable. Anything more – they say – than flour, water, buttermilk and soda is… A frivolity.
The author of the attached link … Views soda bread as a remembrance of humbler times and the time of the great famine. He suggests placing it among the other breads and cakes as a remembrance at family occasions.
My daughter Karen will be presenting in Dublin, her first time back and when we see her and before she leaves… We’ll ensure she has some Irish Soda Bread made as it was meant to be!