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.
Soda Bread is a traditional Irish recipe made with only four ingredients. Flour, buttermilk salt and baking soda or bread soda. The cross is cut into the bread before baking to allow the center to cook thoroughly as it rises.