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   hour and a half to bake hard and when it was baked and cold it was then eaten.
   People also used Boxty bread and potato cake. Two different kinds of Boxty were made. The ingredients used for Boxty known as "boiled Boxty" were raw potatoes salt and boiled mashed potatoes. First of all the potatoes were washed thoroughly and the "eyes" picked out of them. Then they were grated with a grater and the grated potatoes were put in a cloth and the water wrung off them. The boiled mashed potatoes were mixed with the wrung, grated potatoes. Salt was added and then there were little round cakes like buns made of it. It was boiled for an hour in hot water and sometimes was eaten when hot with butter after being boiled. It was also used heated with bacon in a pan when cold and eaten with butter.
   Pan-Cake Boxty - Another variety of Boxty known as "pan-cake boxty" was made in a similar way by washing the peeled potatoes thoroughly

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Kate Carthy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballaghnabehy, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Bridget Flynn

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70

   Address

   Ballaghnabehy, Co. Leitrim