School: Cor na Péiste
- Location:
- Cornapaste, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Ní Théinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 179
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- "Boxty Bread" - Local Recipe !!A basket of the best potatoes is got. These are washed and peeled raw; then is procured a tin grater, on which they are grated. The water is then (shired ?) off them and the grated mass is put into a clean sheet, table - cloth, or bolster - cover. This is caught at each end by two strong men, who twist it in opposite directions, until the contortions drive up the substance into the middle of the sheet etc.; this of course expels the water also; but lest the twisting should be insufficient for that purpose, it is placed, like a cheese - cake, under a heavy weight, until it is properly dried.It is then kneaded into cakes and baked upon a pan or griddle.
