salt-rising bread
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of salt-rising bread
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
This method of securing fermentation is utilized by housewives in making what is termed salt-rising bread.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.
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