Barley Bread

This is one of many interesting traditional recipes featured in the cookbook from the Great Bernera Museum, A Modern Crofters Cookbook. In keeping with the fact that most cooks on the island used measurements which were very vague, they often refer only to cups for measures and knobs of butter instead of weight. A breakfast cup is a regular teacup, not a coffee mug.

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