BOXTY (an Irish recipe)

From (" A Little Irish Cookbook" by John Murphy) that i got from the airport in Cork while waiting for our flight back to France:

I did'nt try this yet but according to him "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.

For the recipe:

8oz/250g/1 cup raw potato
8 oz/250g/1cup mashed potato
8 oz./250g/2cups plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
large knob of butter, melted
about 1/4 pt/125ml./1/2 cup milk

For the procedure:

Grate the raw potaoes into a bowl. Turn out onto a clothe and wring, catching the liquid. This will separate into a clear fluid with starch at the bottom. Pour of the fluid and 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 flour and form large, flat cakes. Mark each into quarter but do not cut right through, and bake on a griddle or in a heavt pan.

If like, more milk and an egg can be added to make a batter which can be fried in bacon fat like drop scones.