St. Patrick's Day Recipes
SODA BREAD
4 cups flour1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. sugar (optional)
2 cups buttermilk or sour milk
1 cup raisins (optional)
Sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Scoop up handfuls and allow to drop back into the bowl to aerate the mixture. Add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Now working quickly (the buttermilk and soda react very quickly), knead the dough lightly (too much will toughen it) Form a round loaf about as thick as your fist. Place it on a floured cookie sheet and cut a cross on the top with a floured knife. Bake as close to the top of the oven as possible in a preheated oven (450) for 30-45 minutes. When the loaf is cooked through, it will sound hollow when you rap it with your knuckles.
COLCANNON
butter1/2 lb. cabbage
3 lb. potatoes
small onion
salt & pepper
Boil the potatoes, drain and mash well. Chop up the cooked cabbage and
mix in with the potatoes. Chop the onion and cook in butter until soft.
Mix in with potatoes and cabbage.
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