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   then stood on a grid-iron in front of the fire.
   Potato-cake was also made on state occasions. It was made in the following manner - the potatoes were peeled, boiled, bruised, mixed with flour and salt, rolled with a rolling pin, and baked on a griddle.
   Water or milk is used in none of the above breads except the oat-meal-cake to which water is added. The only ingredients used in boxty and potato-cake are salt and potatoes. No salt is added in kneading the oat-meal cakes.
   Bread was baked every other day long ago. Marks in the shapes of a "cross" or an "X" were put on the top of the cakes. Then when the bread was baked it was cut in four farls. The names of vessels in which bread is baked is the oven or the griddle. Oat bread was made standing at the fire against a grid-iron. The grid-iron was made of iron.

   

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Connolly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Tattygare, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Mrs B. Connolly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Tattygare, Co. Monaghan