School: Scoil an Chlochair, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 10165)
- Location:
- Glenties, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Deuglán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1051, Page 29
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- In olden times everyone used to make Boxty, but very few people make it nowadays. This is how you make it. First of all you have to get a basin of raw potatoes and wash them well. Then you grate them. You have to get an equal quantity of boiled potatoes. Add a teaspoonful of fine salt to these, and mash them well. Next take the grated raw potatoes, and strain in bowlfuls into a muslin bag. Then squeeze the water out of them until quite dry. Continue until all are finished. Mix the raw and boiled potatoes well together. Add gradually a little flour to bind them. Next turn out on a floured board, and knead well for fifteen minutes. Roll out thinly and form into a cake or square farls. Fry on a hot buttered pan slowly, and serve very hot. When cold if reheated the Boxty is just as good. It is a very strong dish.
- Collector
- Anna Ní Ghiolla Eóin
- Gender
- Female
