Savoury Wiltshire Teabread

• 4oz rindless streaky bacon, finely chopped
• 4 sticks celery, chopped
• 1

Place finely-chopped bacon in a pan and fry gently for two minutes. Add chopped celery and grated onion and fry gently for five minutes. Cool. Sift together the flour, salt and pepper and rub in the dripping until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir bacon mixture into flour with the parsley. Beat together the milk and the egg and stir into the flour. Knead very lightly on a floured sur