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Potato Cakes

This is a traditional Cornish recipe

4 medium potatoes
2 oz margarine
a little milk
salt
4 oz plain flour
white pepper

Peel the potatoes, chop into 1" cubes, and boil until soft in lightly salted water. Drain potatoes, mash with a little milk and season with salt and white pepper. Leave to cool.

In a bowl, rub the margarine into the flour, until it looks like breadcrumbs. Add the (cool) mashed potatoes, and mix well.

With floury hands, form the mixture into patty shapes the size of burgers, and fry in a little butter in a frying pan, turning halfway through. Delicious served with a little butter on top.

(These can be frozen easily after forming into patty shapes. Flash freeze on trays, then gather up into bags later. Easy to make a lot in advance and then just pull out whenever you want a fry-up.)

(makes about 8)

Recipe submitted by Jim Catanich


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Marinated Pilchards

(Hern ys aysel)

4 to 6 medium pilchards
1pint (570ml) vinegar wine
½ cup cold tea
Salt and pepper for seasoning
Pickling spice
Bay leaves
Brown sugar

Remove the heads, tails and fins from the gutted fish and wash them thoroughly in cold water. Rub pickling spice into the inside of the belly and place a bay leaf inside. Place the fish in an open pie dish and season with pepper and salt, then pour over the cold tea and add sufficient vinegar wine to cover each fish. Leave to stand for 4 to 6 hours before sprinkling a little brown sugar over them. Cover the dish with foil or grease-proof paper and bake in an oven at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until the bones become soft. When cool drain off the fluid and replace with fresh vinegar wine and allow to stand for 24 hours.

Recipe submitted by Jim Catanich



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