Anyone know?
2007-03-12 08:30:42 · 5 answers · asked by Just Wondering 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It's actually a type of cross to ward off the devil.
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2007-03-12 08:50:24 · answer #1 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several theories as to the significance of the cross in soda bread. Some believe that the cross was placed in the bread to ward off evil. It is more likely that the cross is used to help with the cooking of the bread or to serve as a guideline for even slices into quarters.
2007-03-12 08:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by debcat76135 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I am not sure about soda bread in particular, other breads are slashed to allow the bread to rise well while being cooked. The crust of bread bakes hard qickly, before the bread is fully risen. If there was no way to allow the hardened crust to expand, the bread will either stop riseing or the crust will burst at irregular places.
The slashes in the bread allow the crust to expand as the deeper parts of the slash do not bake as quickly and the crust is allowed to pull apart in an ordely fashion.
2007-03-12 08:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by BoranJarami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a former chef, of Irish background and having made it particularly some circumstances over my 20 twelve months inn/eating place profession, that's perfect served with unsalted butter or the English clotted cream, in case you serve with any candy aspects, traditionally honey or marmalade, lime is effective, seville orange or there's a selection noted as lemon curd, like lemon custard, yet in eire they commonly merely consume it with the meal and dip it into the stew or juices from the meal they serve with it.
2016-10-02 00:20:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's either a cross or an x and it is to let the devil or evil out.
2007-03-12 08:46:12 · answer #5 · answered by heatheranne102777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋