Swedish Dill Bread
Welcome to another step-by-step recipe from BreadClub20 . Why not drop by our main Facebook page by clicking here... . If you like what you see and enjoy the recipe, we hope you join us by 'Liking' and 'Subscribing'. Dill has been cultivated in Swedish gardens since Medieval times. The name comes from the Old Norse dilla, ( ᛏᛁᛚᛚᛅ in Younger Futhark), which means to soothe or to calm. Predictably, the herb was used as a medicinal infusion to aid sleep and soothe ailments. These days, dill is central to Nordic summer cooking. It features in dishes such as gravlax, pickled herring, crayfish and is often served with boiled new potatoes. During the height of the Scandinavian migration to the United States (19th and early 20th centuries), many Swedes settled in the Midwest, particularly in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Back home, in their native Sweden, much of the bread they baked was dense, hearty flatbreads or crispbreads, based on rye flour. Wheat ...
