What is Barm Brack?

[Siani Powys]

As you can see, I am reading your Chatter to see if there might be anything else in Montgomeryshire of interest.

I tasted some of this Penderyn last month at our North American Welsh Gymanfa Ganu in Orlando, FL. It IS very good -- but a bit dear at $75/bottle or so. I do love single malts!

SianiPowys

PS: I use tea in my bara brith, too, for soaking the dried fruit.

[giving up for a while]

Barn Brack is also eaten on halloween night here in Ireland with a few extra things added a ring, a pea, a bean, a stick, a peice of cloth and a coin. they all have meanings
the ring you will marry
thecloth you will be poor
the coin you will be rich
the stick you will beat your wife/husband
I cant remember what the pea and the bean stand for

Love Anne

[Siani Powys]

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We say here:
    'A bean is only a bean but a 'pee' is a darn good relief'

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[Headbanger Veron]

I buy Barm Brack in Tesco's regularly - it's delicious - very tasty and extremely addictive! It's made by a firm called Rankins of Portadown.... I was just eating some at teatime today! 

Cheers (yum yum) Veron

(Oh and it says on the back of the packet.. the pea meant you were going to be an old maid, the bean meant you were going to stay a bachelor) - amazing what you can buy at Tesco's these days!