Champ (Or Poundies)
4 lb Potatoes 1/2 lb Chopped scallions 10 fl Milk 4 oz Butter Pepper Champ is served piled high on the dish, with a well of melted butter in the center. It is eaten with a spoon fr...
Ingredients
- 4lbpotatoes
- 1/2lbchopped scallions
- 10fl milk
- 4ozbutter
Directions
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4 lb Potatoes 1/2 lb Chopped scallions 10 fl Milk 4 oz Butter Pepper Champ is served piled high on the dish, with a well of melted butter in
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It is eaten with a spoon from the outside, each spoonful being dipped in the well of melted butter
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Peel potatoes and cook in boiling water
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Simmer milk and scallions together for five minutes
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Strain potatoes and mash thoroughly
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Add hot milk, and the scallions, salt and pepper, and half the butter
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The traditional implement used for pounding potatoes was a wooden masher, pestle-shaped, called a "beetle." The poem says:
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There was an old woman that lived in a lamp