1/2 lb Raw potato 1 x Milk
1/2 lb Mashed potato 1 ea Egg
1/2 lb Plain flour 1 x Salt and pepper
Grate raw potatoes and mix with the cooked mashed potatoes. Add salt,
pepper and flour. Beat egg and add to mixture with just enough milk to
make a batter that will drop from a spoon. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a
hot griddle or frying pan. Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4 minutes on
each side. Serve with a tart apple sauce: or as part of an Ulster Fry,
with fried bacon, fried sausage, fried eggs, fried black pudding, fried
bread, fried soda bread…
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An old poem says:
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Boxty on the griddle,
boxty in the pan,
if you can’t make boxty,
you’ll never get a man.
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(The accuracy of the poem is uncertain.)
Yields
8 servings