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.

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Etymology

Origin of salt-rising bread

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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Example Sentences

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salt-rising bread

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

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

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

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

Dear old soul, she sent me many a loaf of her salt-rising bread after that, for she had as warm a heart as ever beat its brave way past eighty.

From The Hills of Hingham by Dallas Lore Sharp

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