A traditional Irish potato pancake made with grated raw potato mixed with mashed potato, flour, and other ingredients, pan-fried until crispy.
From Irish 'bacstaí' or 'bocht ti,' possibly meaning 'poor house food,' referring to humble peasant origins in Northern Ireland and the border region.
Boxty has a mysterious Irish origin story—some claim it dates to famine times when poor families stretched potatoes with flour, while others link it to Gaelic celebrations, but no one quite agrees on its true etymology.
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