Maureen O'Reilly wanted to make Irish soda bread for her husband, but first she had to watch his grandmother make it — and measure out each ingredient rather than just eyeballing it.
All Things We're Cooking is a series featuring family recipes from you, our readers and listeners, and the special stories behind them. We'll continue to share more of your kitchen gems throughout the holidays.When Maureen O'Reilly decided it was time to ask where the family's Irish soda bread recipe came from, her husband's Grandma Boyce just laughed.
"I literally had to stand in the kitchen at her side as she threw flour and sugar and other things into the bowl, and then take them back out as best I could and measure them," O'Reilly said."Eventually we got to a recipe, and it was always a little bit different each time, but you know, she taught me the basics of how to put it together and bake it.
"She said, 'Yes, yes, that's true. Aren't I lucky? Now I live in a country where I can find those ingredients, where I have enough money to buy those ingredients, and I can add them to my bread and it tastes so much better,'" O'Reilly said, recalling the conversation."She said it used to be like eating a stone, and now it's like eating cake."
"There are people in my immediate family who really, really like it and think of it as a treat ... whether they have it with a beer or a cup of tea," O'Reilly said.Some of them like the bread in its purest form, while others, including O'Reilly, prefer to spread some Kerrygold Irish butter on top.
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