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Plain Boiled Potatoes

Boiled potatoes seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Plain Boiled Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Peel the potatoes.

  2. Place the potatoes in a steamer.

  3. Add 1 tablespoon of coarse sea salt to the water for steaming.

Steam and serve

  1. Steam the potatoes for 20 minutes until cooked.

  2. Serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Starch that softens and turns tender and fluffy as it cooks through.

The step that matters

Steam the potatoes until cooked. Heat must reach the center for the starch to fully soften. Test with a knife tip; if it meets resistance, keep steaming before serving.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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