Bread

[rustydog]

The fog burned off and it got sunny and warm before I left my office on Tuesday, which was a blow to my mood. (I know, I'm wired wrong.) But I managed the bread anyway! I used a recipe I had used before, traditional Irish Soda Bread, which only contains flour, soda, salt and buttermilk. It's so simple and so good.

Comments

[blixie]

Man,I am SO glad to see "traditional" soda bread does not actually contain raisins, as most of the soda breads I have had do. It's actually one of the few things I can tolerate raisins in, but it would still be nice to have a slice without any at all.

[rustydog]

I'm not quite sure how Irish Soda Bread became so "fancy" in America - I guess we tend to like things sweet. But it really is perfectly good without the raisins. (I like raisins, but they make the bread less useful for a variety of purposes, like eating with a piece of sharp cheddar.)

[donutsweeper]

ooh, that looks yummy!

[rustydog]

It really is! I was glad to have some leftover for lunch and dinner. :)

[_medley_]

That looks so good. I bet it smells amazing.

[rustydog]

It really did smell fantastic. It still does actually! (Well, there's only a small chunk left. But.)

[_medley_]

Hee--I suspect you have more restraint than I do, if there's any left at all.

[jheaton]

A choice of one kind of preserves? :-)

[rustydog]

Well, a choice of something to put on the bread, as opposed to eating it plain. Some of them chose preserves, some of them chose none. :)