Boxty
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Title: Boxty (potato Griddle Cakes) (irish)
Categories: Irish, Vegetables
Yield: 8 servings
1/2 lb Raw potato
1/2 lb Mashed potato
1/2 lb Plain flour
1 x Milk
1 ea Egg
1 x Salt and pepper
Grate raw potatoes and mix with the cooked mashed potatoes. Add salt,
pepper and flour. Beat egg and add to mixture with just enough milk
to make a batter that will drop from a spoon. Drop by tablespoonfuls
onto a hot griddle or frying pan. Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4
minutes on each side. Serve with a tart apple sauce: or as part of
an Ulster Fry, with fried bacon, fried sausage, fried eggs, fried
black pudding, fried bread, fried soda bread...
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An old poem says:
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Boxty on the griddle,
boxty in the pan,
if you can't make boxty,
you'll never get a man.
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(The accuracy of the poem is uncertain.)
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Best! D.
Peter Morwood & Diane Duane
The Owl Springs Partnership / Co. Wicklow, Ireland
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~owls/index2.html
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