| 1 | Squeeze grated raw potatoes in cheese cloth to remove as much moisture as possible. |
| 2 | Sift flour with salt and baking powder. |
| 3 | Mix all potatoes with dry ingreds. |
| 4 | And add beaten eggs. |
| 5 | Mix well, and add sufficient milk to make batter. |
| 6 | Drop by tablespoons onto hot buttered frying pan and cook over moderate heat until browned (4 min. per side). |
| 7 | Serve hot and well buttered with or without sugar. |
| 8 | Note: boxty is the traditional irish fare for shrove tuesday. |
| 9 | Composed of grated raw potatoes, mashed cooked potatoes, with flour added as a binding agent, boxty is either fried in a pan or browned on a griddle. |
| 10 | It is mentioned in a traditional children"s irish jingle: |
| 11 | "three pans of boxty, baking all the day, what use is boxty without a cup of tay?" |
