How did Raisins get into Irish Soda Bread. Here's Why!
Edited for Clarification. Ireland didn't adopt soda bread until the middle of the 19th century after the Potato Famine forced a change of diet to avoid future disasters. Learn how Soda Bread (they don't call it Irish Soda Bread in Ireland) came to America with it cousin the Currant Cake and they merged because of the election of an Irish American President. Currant Bread, Raisin Bread, and special occasion breads used Raisins, Sultanas, "currants", and candied fruit to celebrate Christmas. They weren't made everyday. Soda Bread has flour, salt, baking soda and buttermilk. It was an everyday bread and didn't contain raisins. Currant Cake used "currants" imported by the English government from Greece, the only location that could produce them. Raisins and Sultanas came from a wider range of countries. "Currants" today are found in stores labelled as "Zante Currants." Zante is a Greek Island included in the wider region that is suitable for growing "Currants." Music Licensed by Elgato.com for Stream Deck users. https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/arti... Danny Boy Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Photos and VIDEO CLIPS Pexels.com Pixabay.com Pine forest video Video by Claudiu C from Pixabay Bacon and Cabbage image https://world.openfoodfacts.org/produ... —---------------------------------------------- Shipping dock https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. —----------------------------------------------- Stories summarized and condensed from The Schools’ Collection © National Folklore Collection, UCD https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes UCD https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Soda Bread Ingredients The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 17 Currant Cake/Bread Quotes The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 334 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 086 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 363 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0317, Page 193 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 534 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 138 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 24_026 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0101, Page 116 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0111, Page 107 The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 304 Black Currant history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackcu... Corned Beef history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corned_... All other photos Copyright Edward J. O'Dwyer 2003 and 2019 Editor: Corel Video Studio 2021 Thumbnail Creation: CANVA https://www.canva.com/join/gxx-vsy-ywm (Free Version) Background Removal: https://www.remove.bg/ (Free version) Audacity http://www.audacityteam.org Free and easy to use. Equipment List: Microphones Heil PKR40 Dynamic microphone https://amzn.to/3yt95GC I picked this mike originally because famed podcaster Leo Laport uses it and I like it too. Booth Computer MeLE Fanless Mini PC Quieter 2Q 8GB 128GB Windows 10 Pro https://amzn.to/2VBkFkP . Use it for Audacity recordings.with a Presonus Audiobox One. It has wifi, bluetooth, can run dual 4K monitors, up to 2.7GHz speed.4 USB 3 inputs. And NO FAN.
