School: An Dubh-Chearn (roll number 9534)
- Location:
- Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Mhic an Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 125
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- Recipes for food cures made from herbs.
Making of boxty
Wash and peel the largest potatoes about the full of a large can.
Then remove the skins with a knife and grate the remainder into a large vessel with a grater. Boil an equal quantity of potatoes and when boiled remove skins and mash finely.
Wash a liner bag and put the grated (boxly) potatoes unit it and squeeze and all the water. Then mix the mashed potatoes with this mixture and when well kneaded add a little flour to help it is stick next it is made into small dumplings and placed in a pot of boiling water with butter and some sugar, or sliced and fried with dripping.
Another portion of boxty is made in the following manner.
Peel potatoes as before and grate
Then remove a little of the water
Take some sweet milk in a bowl add the grated potatoes and a(continues on next page)
