School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)
- Location:
- Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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- This custom came down to us from our forefathers. Long ago the people in Ireland did not use very much flour as they do now. They always used Potato Bread.
The Potato Bread is usually made when the new potatoes are dug. There is no soda put in Potato Bread. Potato Bread is very healthy, the people now do not like it as well as the people did long ago. "This is how it is made". The potatoes are well washed and peeled. They are put in the pot and boiled. When they are boiled the water is teemed off them.
Then some of them are lifted out on a bakeboard and bruised, they are mixed with a little flour and a pinch of salt.
During this time they pan is put on and is heated. The cake is divided into four parts. There there is plenty of butter put on the pan, when the butter is melted the cake is put on and cooked for about ten minutes on one side. Then the other side is turned and cooked for ten minutes. Then it is taken off and put on a plate. It is always eaten when it is hot. This bread is also called "Fadge".
