School: Paite Gobha (Pettigo)
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- Pettigo, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Nic Liam
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- XML “Food in Ireland Long Ago”
- XML “Boxty”
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- Boxty.
Long ago boxty was a favourite dish in Ireland. It must have been pleasant to get up in the morning and get a nice hot breakfast of boxty. In the country boxty was made because the people had plenty of potatoes.
Boxty is a food made out of potatoes. The first thing to do is to get a bucket of potatoes, wash, and peel the potatoes, then grate them, then wring them dry, then add mashed potatoes and flour, and salt and some cloves to the mixture, then remove in cake form, and bake in an oven four hours.(continues on next page)