Soda Bread Recipe

March 5, 2013

In addition to Corned Beef Hash, what do people like to eat on St. Patrick’s Day? When I asked this question on Twitter, I got an overwhelming number of folks requesting Soda Bread.

I did a little research and learned that rural Ireland did not have a tradition of baking breads with yeast. Most baking was done in the…

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