School: Enfield
- Location:
- An Mhaighean, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhomhnaill
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First get the potatoes and wash them very cleanly. Next peel them and get a rasp and scrape them. When they are all scraped put the boxty into a basin with a little salt and add as much flour as well do it and make a cake of it. Then get a knife and cut the cake in four squares. Then bake it in a hot oven until it becomes a golden brown on each side. Serve very hot with butter and tea or coffee. Long ago people always drank milk with boxty as tea and coffee were then unknown.
