School: Cill Chais, Cluain Meala (roll number 596)

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   here they did not know how to use it. They boiled it in a pot of water and then strained it off and kept the leaves and ate them with cream. Wholemeal bread was made from the home grown wheat and used be made in olden time. The wholemeal bread was made with separated milk. A cross was cut on the bread so as to leave out the moisture the way the cake would rise. The wholemeal bread was baked in a pot oven. The potato cake was made from flour and potatoes. More potatoes were used in the cake than flour. It was mixed with cream or milk and sometimes butter was added. It was then rolled out thin and fried on the frying pan. It was eaten at tea time when it was baked.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cáit Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Toor, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Finn

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Midwife

   Address

   Toor, Co. Tipperary