Champ

This my recipe for champ. Not as good as my Mum's. And that wasn't as good as her Mum's (my granny) both RIP.

1. Ingredients
   1. Potatoes (Maris Piper or supermarket brand), doesn't make a huge difference unless you are a champ connoisseur
   2. Butter (Salted Pure Irish - or supermarket brand), again doesn't make a huge difference unless you are a champ connoisseur
   3. Scallions. otherwise known as Spring Onions, however if you call them "Spring Onions" then it will not be authentic Champ.
   4. Wee bit of salt
   5. Bit more butter than you were thinking.
2. Method
   1. Heat a pan and add 700ml pure Irish still springwater. (supermarket brands are ok)
   2. Peel the potatoes while water is heating. No ... feck ... peel the potatoes first and chop them into cubes. Lets say 1.5 inch cubes - you will then whack them into the pan of lovely water while it's heating
   3. Stick a lid on that pan and start bringing to boil
   4. Slice those scallions - say into 0.5 cm pieces. Ten scallions will be fine.
   5. Whack 100ml milk (who cares at this stage about supermarket but full cream milk is best) into a pan and DON'T boil the feck out of it, just gentle heat
      1. Stick those bad boy sliced scallions into the milk
   6. OK - potatoes boiling nicely - turn that pan down, let them simmer for 10 mins
      1. feck - after 5 mins, turn that milk/scallion pan off
      2. turn everything off
   7. OK - now drain the potatoes and get your mashy utensil
      1. Mash the feck out of those bad boys
      2. Add the butter (200 gm cut into cubes, 1cm)
      3. Add more butter (another 200 gm just as it comes from the packet)
      4. Stick the potato pan on again on low heat
      5. Stir with a big spoon until it smells delicious
      6. Add the milky scallions (don't drain the milk, probably none left now anyway)
      7. Stir again with that big spoon, add a pinch of salt (big pinch)
   8. Leave to rest for 30 seconds
      1. Serve on lovely plates

Hope someone in Reddit does this - it's really good food.

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bon appetit