Bridget, I'm Irish, too. And I've had a LOT more success baking scali bread than any typical Irish bread—aside from Americanized Irish soda bread. My attempts at "true" Irish soda bread (whole wheat flour, buttermilk, baking soda...) have been dry and basically flavorless. If anyone has a "basic" Irish soda bread recipe (without the raisins, caraway, sugar, etc.) that they think is actually tasty, I'd love to know about it!

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