Irish MNetters - over here please with your recipes for Soda Bread

[MmeLindt]

We were in Dublin recently and I tasted Soda Bread for the first time. It is truly delicious.

Does anyone have a really good recipe?

Bloody Irish (It's OK, all my family are)

Can never give a length of time, have to be poetic.

Talking and singing bread! My arse!!

My Granny will be rotating like a rotisserie chicken in her grave at this suggestion but,this may be the answer to your prayers!!

Stanausaurus
I am even less likely to find the mix over here in Switzerland than I am to find buttermilk.

Of course the bread sings and talks to you, love that idea. Will certainly be telling my American guests that one.

I agree, but might be slightly easier to post than a litre of buttermilk....

True. Can just imagine the look on my Swiss posties face, as he hands over a dripping package.

I have had the honour of tasting Doodlez soda bread! it is yummy.

MmeLindt, I am not quite sure but I think in Switzerland buttermilk is either "petit lait" or "Bas beurre/Babeur" (I think both spellings are allowed)

Oh, thanks Gorionine. That saved me searching the supermarket, dictionary in hand.

Ackshully, since all you Irish folk are here, does anyone have a recipe for Irish Stew?

Thank you Gori

MmeLindt, with the best will in the world, NOBODY needs a recipe for Irish stew....it's VILE

As is boiled hairy bacon & stewed cabbage smothered in Chef sauce - bleugh, bleugh, bleugh!

Really? Oh, bum.

Will have to rethink my party menu. I wanted something British/Irish/Scottish that I could serve in a big pot - that folk can help themselves to.

Like chilli or gulasch, but British.

LOL - well my two brothers love Irish stew, as do many, many people. I just hate anything stew-like, so maybe pay no attention to me at all!

did anybody mention yet to wrap a teatowel around it when it comes out of the oven while it cools? to keep the crust soft

here Beef in Guiness but substitute crappy old shin beef for summat nicer!

i agree with your doodlez, that is disgusting food. bleurhghgh

irish food has improved in the last 200 year!! if you want to make something 'irish' how about a huge potato omlette with fried leeks, garlic, bacon pieces and rooster potatos! and that is using old fashioned ingredients and nothing that needs to be imported.

check out rachel allen or the avoca cook books for irish food that taste good. If you went to the avoca cafes and asked for cabbage they'd laugh!

i forgot the s on year and the e in potatoes.

Oh, and serve it with Champ recipe here. You can add all sorts of bits and pieces to Champ. Even I'll eat it

Maggie - I just Googled Avoca.....Gawd, the cook books look lovely! I only came on to Mumsnet today to pass a few minutes whilst I wait for some printing. Now I've got a whole new cookery experience to purchase and play with - WHO KNEW?!!!

Beef in Guiness sounds good. Champ looks a lot like Scottish Stovies - I did think about making them.

I am cooking for a group of 12 women, mainly American, and it is normally a kind of buffet style meal so it has to be something I can leave on the stove for everyone to help themselves to.