MAKE-LEARN-GIVE: Third Week of October

It's been a productive week.  I MADE a gingerbread in honour of Gran, and ate it with butter and Earl Grey.  

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I LEARNED that Irish brown bread is a type of soda bread that is leavened with the combination of baking soda and buttermilk, which is slightly acidic.  It is more like cake than bread, and takes next to no prep time.  I found a lovely recipe online that I've made twice now, most recently with fish chowder.   

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I GAVE half of my nice muddy carrots from the Farmers' Market to my mother-in-law, since she appreciates their superior flavour.

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