Kulma(Norwegian Potato Balls, Or Something Like Them) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. grated raw potatoes
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 c. flour
1 ham hock or butt portion of ham

Preparation

Cook ham hock for 2 hours in a large pot of water.
Remove the ham hock from the water.
Spoon or form by hand dumplings (say about the size of a snowball).
Drop the \"dumplings\" in the water (or broth by now).
Cover; cook for 45 minutes.
Remove \"dumplings\" from the water; serve on a platter with the ham.
Just slice open the \"dumpling\" as you would a baked potato and add butter.