"The purpose of the Society for the Preservation of Traditional Soda Bread is to ensure the 4-ingredient recipe stays alive."
Published: March 17, 2017
"According to The Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread, an Irish Soda bread has only these four ingredients. 'Anything else added makes it a Tea Cake!'"
March 7, 2025
"Traditional Irish Soda Bread contains but four ingredients: flour, salt, buttermilk and baking soda. The Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread feels rather strongly about educating folks to understand that all those add-ins... aren't part of the tradition."
March 15, 2015
"There is even an incredibly enthusiastic Society For The Preservation Of Irish Soda Bread dedicated to the tradition, something we at the English Breakfast Society can support."
March 15, 2015
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With Traditional Irish Soda Bread MAR 16 2018 Tallahassee Democrat
An Irish Tradition: Irish Soda Bread MAR 14 2017 The Morning Call
Recipe of the Week: Authentic Irish brown soda bread. MAR 10 2015 St. Cloud Times
Whole wheat Irish Soda Bread: A new way to enjoy a traditional favorite (MAR 16 2014) Examiner dot Com.
St Patrick's Day Recipe for REAL Irish Soda Bread (MAR 05 2013) Huffington Post
No Blarney (MAR 6, 2013) Albany Times
Traditional Irish Soda Bread ( MAR 14 2012) Christian Science Monitor
Bake Some Irish Soda Bread (MAR 16, 2012) StarTribune
The Great Soda Bread Debate (MAR 17, 2010) The Star dotCom (There's no debate! :-) )
Irish Soda Bread. Not Actually Irish? The Today Show MAR 16 2010 (Interview with Irish Chef backs up everything on the site.)
Soda Bread May Not be Exotic, But Irish Tradition is True MAR 16, 2006 San Diego Union-Tribune
Lots more news stories published mentioning the Society. Too many to post here. Just Google us and they will pop up. These article got the story partly correct and then blew it.
St Patrick's Day: What They Eat In Ireland FEB 2023 The Daly Meal. Quotes the site but offers up a raisin bread and an American Quick Bread recipe with 9 ingredients instead of 4.
Do you make the BEST Irish soda bread? The St. Patrick’s Day competition is on in NY! 2022 Irish Central Quoted site. Large photo of Raisin Bread and recipe for Brown Bread w/o raisins.
After a year of sourdough and banana bread, change it up for St. Patrick’s Day March 2021 Journal Courier. Quoted the site but came up with the usual American version of Brown Bread.
The roots of Irish soda bread to today's treat Times Union 2021. (No link because the author get some of the facts reverse such as Baking Soda wouldn’t work with soft wheat.)
Close, but Didn't Make It.
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