Using Baking Soda To Make Bread.

[sandyRoe]

Does it act like yeast?

[bednobs]

you can use it in soda bread

[woofgang]

no it doesn't act like yeast, you need a soda bread recipe. Personally I think soda bread is ok but its more of a scone type thing.

[ummmm]

Soda bread is very easy to make.

I don't really like it though unless it's covered in butter and jam.

[sandyRoe]

Does it produce a very dry bread? You'd need lots of tea to help wash it down.

[woofgang]

its scone like sandy. If you put stuff like oats in it it can be dry....its never as springy as yeast bread.

[ummmm]

It is quite dry, imo.

[ummmm]

Sandy - aren't you Irish?

[woofgang]

you might also like to google navajo bread...its similar to naan

[rowanwitch]

Really fancy soda bread now...

[gness]

Dave makes three types of soda bread...all delicious.

[sandyRoe]

Ummmm, I am.
There's flour and a little tub of baking soda here. I thought I might have a go to pass a while.
I always thought soda bread back home was dry.

[diddlydo]

Irrelevant if, like me, you haven't seen any flour for weeks!

[rockyracoon]

My daughter makes soda bread quite frequently. I find it a bit too dry myself so don't eat a lot of it, but it's a good substitute if you can't get a loaf though.

[diddlydo]

I really don't get this - there's plenty of bread on the supermarket shelves.

[rockyracoon]

Apparently, the mills can't get the packaging to sell it domestically. I think you can buy a big sack from them if you're a domestic goddess and do a LOT of baking

[jourdain2]

Diddly - I, like many others, invested in a bread-maker (to save my arms, time and sanity ) because we like to know what's in our bread and prefer it fresh. Now I am really struggling for flour and, particularly, yeast. I may be driven to using baking powder. :(

[jourdain2]

^^^ Don't even start thinking about using the words 'domestic goddess' in regard to me. :(

[woofgang]

Sainsburys had yeast on their website yesterday

[jennyjoan]

when you get back home Sandy - go to Knotts for their soda bread - not dry - really nice.

[rowanwitch]

Asda had yeast in this morning although I have just taken a rye soda bread loaf from the oven. Oh yum. Now where's the home made jam