This adds more air and therefore more lightness to the finished bread ... if necessary. The dough should be nice and soft, but not too wet and sticky. With spotted dog, as with all soda breads ...

Kerry Gibbons' dog Indy had severe seizures after eating mouldy bread discarded on Ilkley Moor A dog nearly died after eating mouldy bread from a discarded picnic at a beauty spot in West Yorkshire.