Dear BB Digest,
I am invited to a St. Patrick's Day pot-luck and would like to take
an Irish bread for that event. However, I dislike soda breads but
love yeast raised breads. I found a reference to a bread peculiar to
Ireland called "Veda Bread". The recipe apparently was patented 100
years ago and I cannot find a recipe by searching the internet. I'm
hoping an ingenious someone in BB Digest land will have a recipe for
this bread to share.
I have pasted below a description of the bread from the Wikipedia
online encyclopedia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veda_bread>
"[The Veda bread] recipe is such a closely guarded secret that it has
a patent on it. It is still impossible to find a recipe for a Veda
loaf, over a hundred years after it was invented. However, devotees
have had good results by following the instructions for a malted
fruit loaf but without the fruit or alcohol.
Although a sweet bread, Veda is often eaten toasted with butter and
cheese, although many prefer to add jam or marmalade."
Thanks.
Lorraine from PEI, Canada