Blaa
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A blaa Template:IPAc-en, or Waterford Blaa, is a doughy, white bread bun (roll) speciality, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland.[1] It is currently made in County Waterford and south County Kilkenny.[2][3]
Blaas are sold in two varieties: "soft" and "crusty".[4][5] Soft blaas are slightly sweet, malt flavour, light but firm in texture and melt in the mouth. Crusty blaas are crunchy at first bite, then chewy with a subtle malt taste and a pleasing bitter aftertaste from the well cooked, dark crust.[2]
Eaten mainly at breakfast with butter,[5] they are also eaten at other times of the day with a wide variety of fillings (including a type of luncheon meat often referred to as "red lead"[5]). The breakfast blaa (egg, bacon rasher and sausage) is more common than the breakfast roll in Waterford.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
A combined 12,000 blaas are sold each day[6] by the four remaining bakeries producing blaas:[7] Walsh's Bakehouse,[8] Kilmacow Bakery, Barron's Bakery & Coffee House[9] and Hickey's Bakery.[10] Of the four remaining bakeries, only two remain in Waterford City.[5] Blaas quickly lose their freshness and are best consumed within a few hours of purchase.[5]
Some sources report that the blaa was introduced to Waterford at the end of the 17th century by the Huguenots.[2][5][11] This theory is disputed because although white flour existed in the 17th century,[5][12] it was not widely used until mass production of the industrial revolution.
Blaas are sometimes confused with a similar bun known as a bap; however, blaas are square in shape, softer, and doughier, and are most notably identified by the white flour shaken over them before the baking process.[13]
On 19 November 2013, the Waterford blaa was awarded Protected Geographical Indication status by the European Commission.[14]
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References
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- ↑ Healy, Alison. "Waterford’s blaa roll bakers honoured in awards" Template:Webarchive, The Irish Times, Tuesday 18 November 2008.
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- ↑ "Blaa blaa blaa: Waterford bap considered for EU protected status", Thejournal.ie, 8 September 2011.
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