#Ploughing16: Phyllis wins the great brown bread bake-off

It is up there with bacon and cabbage and floury potatoes as a cherished symbol of traditional Irish cuisine.

And yesterday it proved to be the perfect recipe for our own version of the bake-off in the Aldi Marquee at the National Ploughing Championships.

The occasion was the National Brown Bread Baking Competition, sponsored by Aldi, in association with the National Ploughing Association and the Irish Countrywomen’s Association.