Recipe#5857

Title: PLOYES (GRIDDLE CAKES)

 Traditional from the Madawaska region of New Brunswick.

  1 cup refined buckwheat flour 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup
  flour, all purpose 1 cup cold water 1 1/2 cups boiling
  water 1 tsp baking powder
  
  Mix together buckwheat flour, salt, all purpose flour
  and cold water to form thick paste.  Add boiling water
  and mix well.  Add baking powder and continue to mix
  until smooth. Cook in preheated, medium-hot cast iron
  pan without butter.  Cook in same way as pancakes, but
  do nut turn ployes over; they are cooked when the
  surface is covered with small bubbles. They are
  delicious buttered, and also with melasses.