For the month of 3/1/2004
Irish Food Pyramid

Combination Foods:
Corned Beef and Cabbage (vegetable, meat, fat)
Beef Broth with Barley (meat, grain)

Boxty-On-The-Griddle (Breakfast Pancakes)

1 cup grated raw potatoes
1 cup cooked, mashed potatoes
1 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 whole egg plus two egg whites, slightly beaten
¼ cup skim milk

1. Combine all the ingredients and mix thoroughly (adding more milk as necessary to make a good dropping batter).
2. Drop by spoonfuls onto a non-stick skillet coated with non-stick cooking spray. Cook about 4 minutes on each side or until well cooked and brown.
3. Serve hot with honey, applesauce or syrup. Makes about 12 pancakes.

Boxty is a well-known old Irish food, and was a well-known food on Friday.
Many poems have been written about Boxty. In one of the poems the girls are warned:

Boxty on the griddle
Boxty in the pan
If ye can't make Boxty
Ye'll never get a man.

Serves 4

Nutritional Analysis (per serving of 3 pancakes):
Calories 247
Protein 10 grams
Fat 2 grams
Carbohydrate 48 grams
Cholesterol 69 mg
Sodium 165 mg