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School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)

Location:
Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 528

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  1. Recipe for Making Boxty

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    1/2 stone picked potatoes, grated fine put into a linen cloth and squeezed dry.
    1/4 stone of boiled potatoes, mash fine and add 1lb of flour, and salt to season. Mix all together. Make until shapes or squares and boil for about three hours. When cold it can be fried in dripping.
    To test above the bottom of the vessels in which it is boiled should be cold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Black
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Muineagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Henry Lee
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    32
    Address
    Ballynarry, Co. Donegal