Bannock (food) Today, Selkirk bannocks are popular throughout Great Britain, and can be found at most large supermarkets. Bannock, skaan (or scone), or Indian bread, is found throughout North American Native cuisine, including that of the Inuit of Canada and Alaska, other Alaska Natives, the First Nations of the rest of Canada, the Native Americans in the United States, and the Métis. A type of bannock, using available resources, such as flour made from maize, roots, tree sap and leavening agents, may have been produced by indigenous North Americans prior to contact with outsiders, similar to modern cornbread. Some sources indicate that
Ireland–Poland relations Ireland–Poland relations Ireland–Poland relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Ireland and Poland. Ireland is home to a Polish community totaling approximately 150,000 people. The Polish language is the most spoken foreign language in Ireland. Both nations are members of the Council of Europe, European Union and the OECD. One of the first known contacts between Ireland and Poland took place in the late 1600s when Irishman Bernard Connor was appointed physician at the court of Polish King John III Sobieski. In 1694, Connor wrote a book titled "History of Poland" in the English language. In 1922, Ireland obtained its