To Boil Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the potatoes just before boiling.
Place them in a pot with cold, slightly salted water.
Boil until they are half done.
Discard the water and replace it with boiling salted water.
Boil until the potatoes can be pierced with a fork.
Remove from heat and add 1 to 2 tablespoons of cold water.
Drain the water; the potatoes will burst open.
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.
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