Joanna's Cookbook: Champ

The quantities for this dish are variable as it is always made by "feel" and never by the book.
You will need:
2 large potatoes per person
A "bunch" of scallions (spring onions)
Milk
Pepper and Salt
"Lots" of butter.
Peel and boil the potatoes until tender.
Meanwhile clean and chop the scallions (one or two per person), using both green and white parts.
Simmer the scallions in the milk with salt and pepper and a little butter for a few minutes. You will need between a cup and half a cup of milk for four people.
Mash the potatoes and add the hot milk mixture. Stir in a knob of butter for each person.
Traditionally this dish is served on its own with no accompaniment or adornment.
Each person gets a large amount of champ in a mound on a plate.
Make a well in the centre and put a lump of butter in.
It will look like a potato volcano with a lake of melting butter in the centre.
Eat from the centre, replacing the butter as it disappears.(Definitely not for the health conscious!)