Irish Potato Cakes

Ingredients

• Irish Potatoes, cold or freshly boiled.
• Hot Water.
• Flour.
• 1 teaspoon Dixie baking powder.
• lard.
• pepper and salt.

Directions

1. Take cold Irish Potatoes or fresh boiled ones, mash and add gradually hot water.
2. Make a batter with flour, a teaspoon of Dixie baking powder, pepper and salt.
3. Fry in boiling lard as you do fritters.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Devin Wilber
Louisiana Anthology
August 16th, 2021