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March Madness
March is my favorite month. It’s a month of college basketball and, for a change, my team isn’t terrible. That said, I’ve been a Pitt fan long enough to know that it’s best to set low expectations.
It’s also a month-long celebration of all-things Irish. We’ve got Irish dance performances scheduled at elementary schools, pubs, senior living communities, restaurants and festivals. Mid-month, we’re hosting our annual St. Patrick’s Day party. Every year, we put together an Irish menu, and one of the most popular dishes in soda bread.
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We make three types of soda bread: a very basic recipe from the Ballymaloe house in Ireland, traditional brown soda bread, and this, my family’s recipe:
INGREDIENTS:
• 3 cups flour
• 6 teaspoons salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 1 egg
• Caraway seeds to taste.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease a 9- or 10-inch cast iron skillet.
2. Combine all ingredients, then pour into prepared skillet.
3. Bake at 300 degrees for 30 minutes, then another 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
4. Enjoy with some Irish butter or marmalade.
Slainte! Marianne Weaver, CONTENT COORDINATOR
Debbie and Michael Wykowski, PUBLISHERS
