is soda bread meant to be made a day ahead?

[toutefrite]

I read that it tastes better that way, but I have always had it warm out of the oven (by always, I mean the two, single experiences I have had :) But if it's better the day ahead, should I bake today? ANyone who can vouch for this?

[toutefrite]

Well I fell asleep last night at 8:30 so the decision was made for me. But interesting to know your votes, and most of all, the glimpse into Sam's summer of '68! ;)

[LauraGrace]

I absolutely prefer it baked ahead, preferably the day before -- but even a few hours ahead is better, IMO, because it gives it a good chance to completely cool. I just think the flavor improves if it has a bit of time to sit. No idea why that would be but my many loaves of soda bread have always been better the next day.

[chowser]

It is better when it has had a chance to cool but the willpower to resist the hot loaf out of the oven escapes me.:-) I agree w coll that it's excellent days after, toasted w/ butter, and I like jam, too.

[coll]

It is good warm out of the oven, and then it is possibly better for many days afterwards, toasted with butter melted on top.

[Sam Fujisaka]

I made soda bread as a baker. It is great fresh out of the oven. It is great, and a bit different (crunchier, melded flavors) a day old.

[chef chicklet]

Not very many people appreciate Irish soda bread, however I don't fall into that catagory.
What's happened? I have become a crazy bread lover, of all kinds! I love soda bread and I'm making it in the morning, I'd sure love to try your recipe Sam.TIA!

[Sam Fujisaka]

I now use web published recipes for soda bread. I made a couple hundred loaves per morning in the summer of 1968 right after I graduated from HS and went - broken hearted from a sweaty palmed love affair gone wrong (albeit right in retrospect) - to work at Degnan's in Yosemite Valley. I got up at 430 am swearing to sleep the next night, did from donuts to bearclaws to soda bread before knoking off and swearing to glo sleep. But there was always something - lots of things for an 18 year old to do there after work and later into the night. Summer of 68! Work in Yosemite: car, distance running, helping to get a job for and a summer fling with the most popular girl from our HS, dope and booze with the first drummer from Country Joe and the Fish ...

[chef chicklet]

Geez thanks for that little trip down memory lane! Wow, you were so ambitious, and a very hard worker! Back in the day I only got up at 4:30am to go skiing at Mt. Bachelor. What a wonderful memory for you, Yosemite would be perfect for an 18 year old! Bear claws, yum. I love Yosemite, I need to go to see the flowers this Spring. I'm only about 1 hr and 20 away....I'll be sure to say Hi for you. Have you been back?
Country Joe and the Fish!!! I believe it was the summer I graduated 68, I went to a concert at the Lane County Fairgrounds with my bf back then. But he was young and sowing oats (doing what is normal), and my sister and mom saw him driving around with a gal that looked like me but wasn't me. So my parents decided to send me to NY to give me time to think about what I wanted to do about it. I flew to New York after graduation for a summer of fun with all my cousins before school. I had one great time in New York, drinking age was 18! New York City was the best cure for me and yeah summer of 68 was awesome!~Lots of cocktails, but never did any dope. Ok now that was fun!
AS far as the soda bread goes, I'll use the recipe I have it'll do though, but many thanks anyway!

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