Word Origin & History. regimen mid-15c., act of governing, from O.Fr. regimen (14c.), from L. regimen rule, guidance, government, from regere to rule (see regal). Medical sense of course of diet, exercise, etc. for sake of health first recorded late 15c.
Soda bread. Soda bread (Irish: arÃ¡n sÃ³ide, Scots: fardel, Serbian: Äesnica / ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ°) is a variety of quick bread traditionally made in a variety of cuisines in which sodium bicarbonate (otherwise known as baking soda) is used as a leavening agent instead of the traditional yeast.
No raisins or caraway seeds hereâthere are just four ingredients in this rustic loaf. by Darina Allen. fromFine Cooking. Issue 121. When I was growing up in Ireland, my mother made soda bread almost every day. But it was not the sweet raisin-and-caraway-filled loaf many Americans call Irish soda bread.