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| Barley Bread An old Manx
Dish |
The traditional way of making
barley bread was to mix the finely ground meal with water into a dough which
was kneaded into thin, round cakes. The cakes which were clapped flat between
the hands, were known as "berreens".
Barley flour is particularly tasty if pan-roasted before making it
into a dough. This gives the bread a moist, cake-like
consistency.
Pott mie dy vainney
brui
Lesh crie braew dy veinn er,
Lesh berreen dy arran oarn
Lesh
cheeid dity vass dy ceym er.
A good pot of
boiling milk
With a brave shake of meat on
it
And a cake of barley bread
With
butter on it as thick as your hand.
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