My paternal grandmother, born in 1903, used to make salt rising bread, which I loved to eat toasted. She was from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she lived most of her life--but her mother-in-law was from western Pennsylvania, so I wonder if that's who she got the recipe from. It never occurred to me to ask. She baked her loaves in old coffee cans, and usually baked several loaves and froze them. I hope I can figure out a good weekend to give it a try--I'd love to have it again!

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