What is 'soda bread' and why does it taste like foot-powder?

At the Irish Fest i ate some. Its one of those foods where you just say...





'why...'What is 'soda bread' and why does it taste like foot-powder?
How do you know what foot-powder tastes like ? Oops,sorry. I just noticed your user-name.What is 'soda bread' and why does it taste like foot-powder?
it uses alot of baking soda and they seem to like it.. you definitely have to have a taste for it.... simple and plain cooking ....
I've had soda bread freshly baked by my best friend's (Irish) mother in her farmhouse kitchen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and trust me, it was delicious!





I'm thinking that the stuff at the 'Irish Fest' wasn't nearly so good - ( in fact, from your description I'm worried that you were given an athletes' foot treatment insole by mistake!) so please...................don't reject all Irish soda bread based on that one poor example!!
Because you have sprinkled foot powder on it!
Just listen to these answers good job you never said it tastes like crap!
its irish bread


and if made right its good,but not all recipes are good


the following is a good recipe.





Irish Soda Bread





4 cups all-purpose flour


1/4 cup sugar


1 teaspoon salt


2 teaspoons baking powder


2 tablespoons caraway seeds


4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold


2 cups golden or dark raisins


11/2 scant cups buttermilk


1 large egg


1 teaspoon baking soda


1 large egg yolk


1 tablespoon heavy cream





1. Heat oven to 3500. Linea baking sheet with





parchment paper; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk





together flour, sugar, salt, baking pQwder,and





caraway seeds until well combined.





2. Usinga pastry cutter or two knives in scissor





fashion, cut In butter until the mixture feels like





coarse meal. Stir in raisins until evenly distributed.





3. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, egg,





and baking soda until well combined. Pour buttermilk





mixture into the flour-and-butter mixture all at once,





and stir with a fork until all the liquid is absorbed and





the mixture begins to hold together. It should





resemble a rough biscuit dough. Usingyour hands,





press the dough into a round, dome-shaped loaf





about 8 inches In diameter. Liftthe loaf from the





bowl, and transfer it to the prepared baking sheet.





4. In a small bowl, mix the egg yolk and cream





together. Witha pastry brush, brush the egg wash





over the loaf. With a sharp knife or razor, incise a





cross, about 1/2 Inch deep, into the top of the loaf.





Transfer to the oven. Bake, rotating halfway





through, until it is deep golden brown and a wooden





skewer comes out clean when Inserted into the





center, about 70 minutes. Remove from oven, and





transfer bread from the baking sheet to a wire rack





to cool.
youv tasted foot powder?


eewwww!!
I'm led to believe it uses baking soda instead of yeast (I could be wrong) - no mention of foot powder though!!!
youve tasted foot powder...
what worries me is that u eat foot powder!