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   Boxty was a food commonly used by the old Irish people. In those days, what we now call soda bread was not much eaten, and not considered strong enough to satisfy a hungry Irish man. Oaten bread, potato cake and boxty were the varieties of bread generally used in all farm houses. Fruit cake and buns were unknown in those early days.
   There are three kinds of boxty, pancake boxty, loaf boxty and boiled boxty. Pancake boxty was usually used for afternoon tea. It was made in the following way. Six large raw potatoes, two boiled ones, about one pound of flour, a teaspoon of salt and sweet milk.
   Wash, peel and grate the raw potatoes. Put into a boxty bag, similar to a jelly bag. Squeeze some of the water into a clean bowl leaving the pulp soft. Turn into a clean basin. Mash or bruise the boiled potatoes finely, mix into the raw ones, add salt, flour and enough sweet make to make a fairly thick batter. Have a

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Muriel Simpson

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Simpson

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killymarly, Co. Monaghan