School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)

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1. Bread - Boxty Bread

   

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   We grate about three raw potatoes, about two cups of flour, and teaspoonful of baking soda - and salt to taste. Then we mix to a batter with new milk until it falls off the spoon. We turn into a greased pan & bake until set. Then turn on other side. Red grioshack may be put on the hearth, and the cake put on a griddle to bake.

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   1. táirgí
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         1. arán (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patsy Dix

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs O' Donaghhue

   Gender

   Female

2. Bread - Potato Cakes

   

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   Grate potatoes and mix them with flour and salt. If they need wetting - wet them with a drop of new milk. Then roll out the dough and cut it in slices, and fry until its a nice crisp brown, then serve with butter.

   

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3. Bread - Griddle Cakes

   

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   The way in which my granny makes Griddle Cake is :- She mixes flour,a grain of salt, and soda together. Then she wets these with buttermilk, and makes it into a dough which has to be kneaded. A cross is not put on top of it.
   The cross is put on the cake in order to help it to rise, and when a cake that is made in a baker

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