Woman Peeling Potatoes
Gabriel Metsu
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Boxty

"I have made a lot of mistakes falling in love, and regretted most of them,
but never the potatoes that went with them."
- Nora Ephron, "Heartburn"

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Tuesday, December 24, 2002

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Still Life with Red Wing Crocks
John Stuart Ingle
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Boxty

From A Little Irish Cookbook, by John Murphy, 1986, Chronicle Books

"Boxty is a traditional potato dish, celebrated in the rhyme:
'Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan,
If you can't make boxty, you'll never get your man.' "

1 cup raw potato
1 cup mashed potato
2 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Large knob of butter, melted
About 1/2 cup milk

Grate the raw potato into a bowl. Turn out onto a cloth and wring, catching the liquid. This will separate into a clear fluid with starch at the bottom.
Pour off the fluid, scrape out the starch and mix with the grated and mashed potatoes. Sieve the dry ingredients and mix in along with the melted butter.
Add a little milk if necessary to make a pliable dough. Knead lightly on a floured surface. Divide into four and form large, flat cakes. Mark each
into quarters but do not cut right through, and bake on a griddle or in a
heavy pan.
If liked, more milk and an egg can be added to make a batter that can be
fried in bacon fat like drop scones.
 

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