School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (B.), Carraig na Siúire

Location:
Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Créigh
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  1. Pan cakes:-
    Pan cakes are made for a special feast which falls before Ash Wednesday. That is the only time they are used. Get some flour and sour cream and mix it together and put it on a frying pan (and put it on a fryin) for five minutes and turn it over after two minutes. It is then baked.
    Oaten Bread:-
    Mix some oaten meal with water until it is very damp and make it into a cake. Then leave it bake for half an hour and when it is hard take it up. You can make a fancy oaten cake mixed with cream and leave it baking for half an hour or so. It is the most palatable cake you ever ate in your life.
    Griddle bread:-
    Put a brand on a fire of straw or furze and put a griddle on it. Mix flour, soda, salt and milk into dough and make a cake of
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Muirigheasa
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockalafalla, Co. Waterford