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Have you heard of salt-rising bread? Probably not, if you're neither a passionate bread baker, nor a resident of certain parts of the country – the southern and western portions of the Appalachians, western New York down into western Pennsylvania, and parts of Michigan. This traditional American bread remains popular in these regions, where it's often sold in bakeries. But if you're living in, say, Colorado, or Connecticut? You probably never heard of salt-rising bread.

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"This recipe is a conglomeration of about 8 recipes from the early to mid-1900s from Pocahontas County, West Virginia. This rising bread was made frequently before yeast became commercially available. It was the bread I always ate at my grandmother's house. I use it mainly as a thinly-sliced, toasted, buttered bread."

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Salt Rising Bread Recipe, Sourdough Starter Recipe With Potato Flakes, Salt Rising Bread, Vinegar Pie, Starter Recipe, Salt Pork, Potato Flakes, Making Bread, Sourdough Starter Recipe

What is salt rising bread? I remember reading about it as a small girl in various books, such as Little House in the Big Woods and Old Squires Farm where it featured under the homely title of "Mug Bread". Mug Bread was a reference to the beginnings of the dough and the somewhat uncertain process of capturing wild yeasts from the air, into a mixture of cornmeal and milk. From what I understand, this bread was invented as a substitute for yeast-risen bread and was baked in areas where…

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