Boxty (Potato Griddle Cakes)
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.)
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