Experiment 11 - The Selection

There may not have been as much randomness to this selection as advertised, but it was in a small pile of clippings that were set aside for some reason, so it's not like I went searching through hundreds of recipes just for something seasonally appropriate.  I think the first two or three recipes that I looked at were some kind of pasta/sauce thing, and I've done a couple of them already, plus I eat a lot of pasta/sauce combos on a regular basis, so I didn't want to make any of those.  So I vetoed a couple and this is what I came up with ...

Irish Oaten Bread
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup stout
1 1/2 cups sour milk or buttermilk
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda

At least we have a date on this one ... it's from the Hartford Courant (of course), dated Wednesday March 15, 1989.



I actually have some milk in the fridge which I'm sure has turned.  I have a strange relationship with the dairy industry.  I picked up some of the black stuff  yesterday, and everything else is on hand.  I have to work all day tomorrow (Saturday), and although I usually don't speak too much about the actual preperation in my selection posts, this does call for letting a mixture of oats, stout and milk stand overnight, so although I'll start that bit Saturday evening, I won't be baking this until Sunday.

I'll also mention that there is another recipe in this clipping for "Ham Boiled in Stout", but I'll be having the traditional corned beef and cabbage.  I guess I can put this back in the box for possible future selection.