Comments on: Spotted Dog http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/food-recipes/spotted-dog/ Your Friend in Ireland Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:21:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Katherine http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/food-recipes/spotted-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Katherine Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:21:28 +0000 http://www.dochara.com/site/?p=1103#comment-703 There you go, different families, different traditions! We always called it spotted dog - I got that from my Granny who made it in Kildare (as I presume did her mother before her), my mother made it in Dublin and I now make it in Kilkenny, so I think it qualifies as Irish anyway. I don't but eggs into soda bread either - I agree with you there, it isn't soda bread anymore if you do - but this recipe isn't just soda bread with dried fruit and sugar added (which is as you say possible to make), its a different thing entirely, a sort of cross between cake and bread which needs the egg. There you go, different families, different traditions! We always called it spotted dog – I got that from my Granny who made it in Kildare (as I presume did her mother before her), my mother made it in Dublin and I now make it in Kilkenny, so I think it qualifies as Irish anyway.

I don’t but eggs into soda bread either – I agree with you there, it isn’t soda bread anymore if you do – but this recipe isn’t just soda bread with dried fruit and sugar added (which is as you say possible to make), its a different thing entirely, a sort of cross between cake and bread which needs the egg.

]]> By: Ann http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/food-recipes/spotted-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Ann Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 http://www.dochara.com/site/?p=1103#comment-699 The above is just a sweet soda bread, we never called it spotted dog, not sure where you got that from!! You may be mixing it up with spotted dick which is an English bread pudding....  I never put eggs into my soda breads, and I have been making them to my Grannys recipe for many years, we live in Dublin and all Dublin grannies made soda breads to the same old recipe handed down through the generations.  We also use the same recipe for scones and rock cakes, just a bit more milk in them. Enjoy the bread, but please, for an real old flavour, do not put an egg into it..... Ann (Dublin Ireland) The above is just a sweet soda bread, we never called it spotted dog, not sure where you got that from!! You may be mixing it up with spotted dick which is an English bread pudding….  I never put eggs into my soda breads, and I have been making them to my Grannys recipe for many years, we live in Dublin and all Dublin grannies made soda breads to the same old recipe handed down through the generations.  We also use the same recipe for scones and rock cakes, just a bit more milk in them.

Enjoy the bread, but please, for an real old flavour, do not put an egg into it…..

Ann (Dublin Ireland)

]]> By: Eli R http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/food-recipes/spotted-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Eli R Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:16:22 +0000 http://www.dochara.com/site/?p=1103#comment-86 I made this for an Irish potluck at work. It was a big hit and so easy to make. Thanks so much I made this for an Irish potluck at work. It was a big hit and so easy to make. Thanks so much

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