How are you feeling? I hope that your recovery goes well!

Nearby Sprouts had Irish Soda Bread, 2 for $5.

I prefer Irish brown bread :o)

Healing thoughts your way.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. My 31 year old 'kid' is just that. I forget who on this forum knows that he has high functioning Autism or Asperger and emotionally a 10-12 year old. He is really set in his ways and likes things to always remain the same. He wasn't really complainlng, just said he would miss it. I was surprised because I didn't think he noticed it was there. I wish he would show some interest in cooking, but computers are his only interest.

I like Irish Brown Bread too. Also like Boston Brown Bread in a can. It is getting hard to find anymore. We don't have a Sprouts where I live. Wish we did.

I'm sorry there wasn't any soda bread available in your area. It was everywhere here! Perhaps you can phone a nearby bakery and see if they have any- and if they will hold a loaf for you.

Best wishes for a speedy and uneventful recovery.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

I love Irish bread. Soda, Wheaten and brown.

We like it here, and now my younger son always bakes it. I have a yummy recipe from a Sunset Magazine cookbook. He baked it today for a St. Pat's dinner party he is having in NYC. One of his friends is bringing whiskey butter for it. I told him that if it is good, to ask the friend how to make it for me.

Grandsons are here for us to babysit while their parents and other grandparents visit Napa for the weekend to tour wineries. Their father buys lots of wine and has it shipped home. This is his birthday weekend, and we gave him a check for his birthday for more wine.

Anyhow, I just did not fix myself any Irish coffee today with all the busy busy boys. Maybe some time next week with a loaf of Irish soda bread and some whiskey butter for breakfast!!!!

As a 100% Irish person, I find it odd that we never had Irish soda bread. Our dining room served it tonight and I found it to be rather dry. Perhaps that is not typical. Oh, well, we never had corned beef, either!

I have never had it either and my mother's family was from Ireland. Never had the brown bread either that I recall.

Bestwishes for a speedy recovery. i

I have roots in Great Britain and have never had authentic Irish Soda Bread. But I do love the version with a little bit of sugar and dried fruit. :)

My mom is Irish and we NEVER had corned beef and cabbage! Visiting Ireland, I did have lamb stew and brown bread, which I loved.

I also love Shepherd's Pie, which may or may not be Irish.

I think the corned beef and cabbage is an American idea of what Irish food must be like.

My mom's Irish side lived in Boston and Prince Edward's Island. Maybe it was popular there.

I haven't made Irish soda bread in years! Yum! Gotta make some! I use raisins in mine.....and you?

Get well soon!

Hope you're better soon!

I love soda bread. During one of my jobs, I often went to a local restaurant for lunch where I ate homemade soup and a couple of slices of soda bread. It was so delicious! The desserts were also delicious... ! ;-]

One of the many places I enjoyed Irish Brown Bread on my Ireland trip.

Hope you feel better soon. I know Aldi carries a mix of Irish soda bread this time of year if you don't want to make it from scratch.

I must be living in a cave, I've never heard of it and therefore have never tasted it! LOL

Just as sleeperblues shared, Aldi had a boxed mix, and it wouldn't surprise me if they move it to the clearance rack after this week - so get there fast if you want a boxed mix.

Hubby's favorite is "Milo O'Sullivan's Currant-Nutmeg Soda Bread", but also manages to choke-down "Whole-Meal Irish Soda Bread". If St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday or Saturday, we have a hooley (party) and I bake at least 3 or 4 kinds of soda bread. Our favorite is a traditional Irish scone "Oat Farls" (that's an "L" between the r and s, not a "T" ;-) and are similar to Scottish oatcakes. Thankfully, I managed to adapt it to a gluten-free version and that's what we had for breakfast on St. Patrick's Day.

This King Arthur Flour recipe is also a favorite, and easy to make - and are best made with currents, not raisins. This recipe is especially good if you are feeding a lot of people, and it keeps better than soda bread. "Irish Soda Bread Muffins"

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/irish-soda-bread-muffins-recipe

Thanks for all the get well wishes. Never made it from a box mix, only from scratch. The recipe I use does add some sugar but only one or two tablespoons. It is kind of like a oatmeal scone in taste and texture. And I do add raisins if I forgot to buy dried currents. Aldi is another store we don't have here.

I made one for a dinner party last night. It was from the food network-Ina Garten's recipe. I used raisins in it. I kept the loaf thin, and because it was such a wet dough, it stayed that way. It was about 3 inches high in the middle. It was recommended, so that the inside middle, would be baked enough.

It must have been good, as everyone raved about it. It was not dry or over baked. It's so easy to make. No yeast, so rising needed. Like making a cake.