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1. To Cure a Cold - A Posset

   

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   Boil two cups of buttermilk well. Put one spoonful of butter into the milk. Then put in one or two teaspoonfuls of sugar and a pinch of salt with some ginger. It is a great cure for a cold or a sore neck.

   

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2. How to Make a Potato Cake

   

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   Boil six or seven potatoes and peel and mash them. Then get four cupsful of flour in a basin, add bread soda to flour and mix well. Mix in potatoes, add salt, wet with sour milk and knead it well. Roll out thinly and put it into a hot oven or pan and bake for half an hour. These are eaten while hot well buttered.

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dorothy Byrne

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11