Boxty (Potato Griddle Cakes)

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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... .

An old poem goes: Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan, if you can't make boxty,
you'll never get a man. . (The accuracy of the poem is uncertain.)