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Mashed Potatoes

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Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mrs. Ellen Campbell.

  2. Peel and wash medium sized sound potatoes, cut in halves, plunge into boiling salted water and boil about 35 minutes. Drain well, and rub through a sieve, or mash with a potato masher quickly, add salt and pepper, considerable butter and a little hot milk ; put in a deep hot dish, smoothe the surface, till a hole in the centre with melted butter, dust with salt and pepper, and serve with the dish covered.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

6Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
2 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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. See the original page.

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