To Boil Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Peel the potatoes and soak them in cold water for 2-3 hours.
Wash the potatoes and place them in boiling water.
Boil for 30 minutes after the water returns to a boil.
Drain the water, sprinkle a little coarse sea salt over the potatoes.
Leave the pot cover half off and let the potatoes stand for 5 minutes to dry.
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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