This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
How is traditional soda bread made?
Slide 1 - Slide
When you see this symbol...
Use what you already know
Learn some new facts!
Get ready to take part
Reflect on what you have learned
Slide 2 - Slide
There are only four ingredients in traditional soda bread!
Which two ingredients are NOT needed?
A
Flour and buttermilk
B
Bicarbonate of soda and salt
C
Sugar and eggs
D
Salt and flour
Slide 3 - Quiz
Soda bread ingredients:
1. Flour
2. Bicarbonate of soda
3. Salt
4. Buttermilk
Slide 4 - Slide
What is buttermilk?
A
Cream cheese
B
The liquid left behind after churning butter
C
The name of a band
D
A milkshake
Slide 5 - Quiz
What equipment did people in the early 1900s use to bake soda bread?
A
Microwave
B
Griddle pan
C
Toaster
D
Oven
Slide 6 - Quiz
The griddle pan hung over the fire on an apparatus called the crook and the hook.
Temperature could be adjusted by raising or lowering the griddle, and a dusting of flour prevented burning.
For centuries, the open fire or hearth was the principal means of heating and cooking in Ireland.
In the early 1900s, If the family needed hot water, it was heated up over the fire in a large kettle like this one.
Almost all daily activities were centred around the hearth. It had to be kept in good working order to cook food, clean and dry clothes.
In single room homes, the beds were often right beside the hearth. Traditionally, an elderly parent or parents occupied this bed. On the hearth side, it was often closed off with a curtain or timber
doors.
Let's find out more about a traditional hearth...
Slide 7 - Slide
What kitchen tools do you think are used to make soda bread?
Slide 8 - Mind map
Some kitchen tools used to make soda bread...
Slide 9 - Slide
Flour is used to make sure the soda bread dough doesn't stick to the surface of the griddle.
Did you know that a goose wing was often used to sweep flour across the griddle when making soda bread!?
The soda bread dough has been shaped into four soda 'farls' and is ready to be baked over the fire...
Slide 10 - Slide
Can you put each step into the correct order?
Soda bread can be made in a few simple steps!
STEP 1: Mixing the ingredients
STEP 2: Shaping the dough
STEP 3: Cutting into farls
STEP 4: Baking
STEP 5: Serving
Slide 11 - Drag question
What do you think goes well with freshly baked soda bread?
Just butter
Butter and jam
Cheese
Plain!
Slide 12 - Poll
Make your own recipe card!
Why not create your own recipe card for traditional soda bread, using what you have learned today?