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soda bread

American  

noun

  1. an Irish quick bread leavened with baking soda, usually made with buttermilk.


soda bread British  

noun

  1. a type of bread leavened with sodium bicarbonate combined with milk and cream of tartar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of soda bread

First recorded in 1850–55

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As if that weren’t enough, she even found time to bake fresh Irish soda bread and bring it to set.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2024

That connection to my ancestry has made me want to make things like soda bread.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 2024

After both marathon sessions, Fisher had made 357kg worth of soda bread and 3,360 portions of food.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2023

What is not traditionally Irish, though, is this soda bread recipe.

From Washington Post Mar. 8, 2023

She is carefully examining some cakes of soda bread, and has a bucket beside her into which she throws the rejected pieces.

From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Rutherford Mayne

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