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   The bread used in olden times is different from the bread used now.
   The bread in olden times was made from oatmeal. This meal was mixed with a pinch of salt, a tea-spoonful of Bread soda and a small amount of milk. Sometimes milk was not used, water was added instead.
   Then the bread was kneaded and put into a pan called a "griddle" to bake. The "griddle" was a pan with no sides on it. Potatoes-cakes were made also. The potatoes were cleaned and put to boil. Then they were peeled and put in a basin. They were then mixed with flour, and kneaded together. It was then put to bake.

   

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   In olden times the bread that was eaten was different from what is eaten now. The principal kind of cakes made were oatmeal and potato cakes. The oatmeal cake was made of fine oatmeal with a pinch of salt, bread soda and

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Winnie Doyle

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   45

   Address

   Slievereagh Lower, Co. Wicklow