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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Nothing beats Champed Potatoes

John Mactaggart, writing in 1824, described a Galloway dish that could not be beaten.

CHAMPED POTATOES – Mashed potatoes in milk and butter; one of the very best of dishes. I defy the most skillful French cook that ever lived, to make a dish of a more delicious nature; and no confectioner's shop in the kingdom has anything to compare with them: they are truly glorious belly trimmer.

From: The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, by John MacTaggart. First Edition 1824. Second Edition 1876., London, Hamilton, Adams and Co. Glasgow: Thomas D Morrison.