We opted to drive,
I knew she was asking me to buy the fixings to make one of my specialties,
"My Coke bread?" asked I.
"What you made when you came to help Mommy after I was born," said she.
"She means your Irish Soda Bread," said my daughter, who explained that she had been telling her daughters how I made Irish Soda Bread, one of her favorites, for her after she had her babies.
So, as my grand daughter was having a hankering to bake and try my Irish Soda Bread, after school we made a batch. Here's the recipe:
Irish Soda Bread
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 Tablespoons sugar
4 Tablespoons butter
1 cup raisins
1 egg
1 1/3 cups butter milk (Or add 1 Tablespoon vinegar to regular milk and let stand for 5 minutes, which is what I do).
More butter
More sugar
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Sift together the dry ingredients.
(While waiting for the loaf to cook you could do your homework,