Irish Soda Bread (from a B&B woman in Goresbridge, Kilkenny, Ireland)
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"Wholemeal Bread"

1 lb wholemeal flour [aka whole wheat]
1 lb white flour
2 heaped teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
fistful of bran
about 1 1/2 pints buttermilk or sour milk [in the UK and Ireland, pint = 20oz]

Mix all dry ingerients in big bowl (sieve in the bicarbonate of soda)

Stir in most milk and mix until it is soft but not too wet (add more milk
if too stiff)

grease 2 tins (1lb) and bake at mark 7 of gas (same as for pastry) for
40 mins/50 mins