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   Bread

   The kinds of bread used in my district long ago was oaten - bread, boxty - bread, potato - bread, and bread made from rye mixed with a small quantity of flour.

   The wheat and oats and rye were grown in this district long ago. It was brought to the mill and it was ground into meal. The oaten - bread was made from the oaten - meal that was made from the oats.

   The wheat was ground into "whole meal" in the local mills. This made brown - bread. There is no account in this district that these querns [?] or grindstones had been used in the district. The potato bread was made from potatoes. Flour in very small quantities and some salt were used. Some added a little new milk in kneading it. Boxty bread was made from raw potatoes cleaned thoroughly. These were grated into pulp. This pulp was put into a linen bag and the water all squeezed from it. Then a quantity of mashed potatoes, flour, and some salt were added. It was kneaded well with the hands into a cake. It was then baked in an oven or pan. Sometimes it was boiled when the cakes were called dumplings. A quantity of oaten meal and a little sugar and sometimes caraway was put in the oaten cake. It was mixed into a doe with

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Mc Cauley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumnatread, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Patrick Mc Cauley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumnatread, Co. Cavan