School: Tulach Mór (Clochar na Trócaire)
- Location:
- Tullamore, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 026
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Bread
Boxty
1 lb. of boiled potatoes
1 lb. of raw potatoes
1 lb. of flour
2 sp. of salt
buttermilk
1 sp. soda
Method
Wash, peel and mash raw potatoes. Peel boiled potatoes. Press juice from raw potatoes through a clean cloth, and leave aside for a while. Then drain off the water. Take the starch from the bottom of the basin and mix with flour and mashed boiled potatoes. Mix in salt and soda. Make a well in the centre of mixture and pour in buttermilk, until mixture is of required consistency. Grease pan, and drop spoonfuls of mixture on it. Fry until golden brown on one side. Then fry the other side. Serve with butter and sugar.
