'Basic' Bonnag

  • 1 lb flour
  • 1 oz fat (or 2 oz)
  • pinch salt
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • fruit and sugar if liked
  • 1 tsp cream of tartar rubbed in with flour and fat

Dissolve soda in sour milk Then mix and bake in moderate oven.

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For all these recipes I am thankful to Suzanne Daugherty for extracting them from her collection.

Measures or equivalents

  • 1 tsp = 5g or 1/8 oz;
  • 1 tbsp = 15g or ½oz
  • 4oz = 100g = ½cup (flour)


Author of this Article:  Frances Coakley - A Manx Notebook