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salt-rising bread

American  
[sawlt-rahy-zing] / ˈsɔltˌraɪ zɪŋ /

noun

  1. a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.


Etymology

Origin of salt-rising bread

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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In Western Maryland, for example, the recipes were simpler and farm-based, with foods such as salt-rising bread and bare steaks.

From Washington Post Jul. 18, 2021

She baked salt-rising bread and rye’n’Injun bread, and Swedish crackers, and a huge pan of baked beans, with salt pork and molasses.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

There was salt-rising bread, too, and cold boiled pork, and pickles.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

They put on salt-rising bread and butter, bowls of stewed pumpkin, pumpkin pies and dried berry pies and cookies, cheese and honey and pitchers of milk.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Roger had his first taste of salt-rising bread, which is made without yeast, and he voted it the best he ever ate.

From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Garis, Howard Roger

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