There are many types of Boxty, all use Cold Mashed Potato, Grated Raw Potato and Flour. Boxty Pancakes use added Buttermilk and Spoonfuls fried on a hot pan greased with Butter, served with lashings of Butter any time of the day. Some people sprinkle sugar on their buttered Pancake. I liked honey on them. Served with Bacon and Eggs at Breakfast just like Potato Bread. That uses just Mashed Potato Soda and Flour, rolled thinly into a circle about 10 inches Diameter and cut across into quarters known as Farls. Cooked on a floured medium hot Griddle or Pan until each side is browned but not burned. Baking soda is added to the basic stiff Boxty mix to make boiled Boxty Dumplings, eaten with meat stew for Dinner are small balls of the mix sealed with more flour and rolled into a round ball between hands, dropped into the pan of boiling water. When the little Dumpling floats it's cooked. Remove with a slotted spoon and add to the Stew just before it is served with Mashed Potato. Some people with Ranges made Boxty Cakes baked in cake tins in an Oven like Soda Bread. They were considered posh because they had Ranges with Ovens. We just had the Open Fire with a Crane Crook from which Pots Pans and the Pot-Oven were suspended on adjustable Crooks. Bread baked in the Pot-Oven required hot cinders piled onto the Lid to cook the top. By speaking of the various Uses of the Potato in Irish Culture, one can understand why the failure of the Potato Crop, due to an airborne Fungus known as The American Blight, resulted in so many people who succumbed to starvation. Only after it was discovered that the Blight could be avoided by spraying the Green leaves of the Potato Plant with a mixture of Bluestone (Copper Sulphate) and Washing Soda, known as Bordeaux Mixture, could prevent the Blight attack. I think that was done in May, after the Ridges had been "Moulded", which was when more soil was added by shovelling it around the growing stems. That was back breaking toil, especially for tall men. Some men used Hessian "binders" bandaged around their waists to support their backs. Viola Sent from my iPad

Viola, Such an interesting detailed report! I will have to ask what some people in my family recall. Am wondering, still, what my grandfather, Henry Bustard(1878-1963) and his 5 older brothers ate that they grew to be tall, fairly broad shouldered and strong. Until 1893 they lived in Frevagh townland near the Leitrim border. Their grandfather, William Ross was from nearby Killasnet parish, Leitrim. About 1893, the family moved to County Louth. 1903, the remaining family went to Saskatchewan. The older, tall brothers went one by one to Toronto. The eldest, William Ross Bustard,(1867-1912) was in the Royal Irish Constabulary in Ireland and then was a police constable in Toronto. By 1907 he was a medical doctor in Ohio. My great grandparents, Isabella Ross( 1850-1906) and William(1845-1912) both look very slender in the one photo I have of them in Saskatchewan in 1905. Isabella may have been tall. She died of TB in Saskatchewan in 1906. Wondering, then, if the Fermanagh/ Leitrim border area was less affected by the famine. I did see that an Isabella Watterson fron Frevagh lined up for outdoor relief in Spring 1848. She may have been the woman whose husband had gone ahead to Ottawa area, Canada. She surprised him by arriving in North Gower in December 1848( abt 4 children in tow) He was away buying horses, so neighbours put her up. You continue to amaze us, Viola! Anne in Ottawa Ontario On Sun, May 20, 2018, 6:48 AM Viola Wiggins, <vmaw3434@gmail.com> wrote: > There are many types of Boxty, all use Cold Mashed Potato, Grated Raw > Potato and Flour. > Boxty Pancakes use added Buttermilk and Spoonfuls fried on a hot pan > greased with Butter, served with lashings of Butter any time of the day. > Some people sprinkle sugar on their buttered Pancake. I liked honey on > them. Served with Bacon and Eggs at Breakfast just like Potato Bread. > That uses just Mashed Potato Soda and Flour, rolled thinly into a circle > about 10 inches Diameter and cut across into quarters known as Farls. > Cooked on a floured medium hot Griddle or Pan until each side is browned > but not burned. > Baking soda is added to the basic stiff Boxty mix to make boiled Boxty > Dumplings, eaten with meat stew for Dinner are small balls of the mix > sealed with more flour and rolled into a round ball between hands, dropped > into the pan of boiling water. When the little Dumpling floats it's cooked. > Remove with a slotted spoon and add to the Stew just before it is served > with Mashed Potato. > Some people with Ranges made Boxty Cakes baked in cake tins in an Oven > like Soda Bread. They were considered posh because they had Ranges with > Ovens. > We just had the Open Fire with a Crane Crook from which Pots Pans and the > Pot-Oven were suspended on adjustable Crooks. Bread baked in the Pot-Oven > required hot cinders piled onto the Lid to cook the top. > By speaking of the various Uses of the Potato in Irish Culture, one can > understand why the failure of the Potato Crop, due to an airborne Fungus > known as The American Blight, resulted in so many people who succumbed to > starvation. > Only after it was discovered that the Blight could be avoided by spraying > the Green leaves of the Potato Plant with a mixture of Bluestone (Copper > Sulphate) and Washing Soda, known as Bordeaux Mixture, could prevent the > Blight attack. I think that was done in May, after the Ridges had been > "Moulded", which was when more soil was added by shovelling it around the > growing stems. That was back breaking toil, especially for tall men. Some > men used Hessian "binders" bandaged around their waists to support their > backs. > Viola > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >