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Boiled Potatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Boiled Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut off one peel lengthwise from each potato.

  2. Boil the potatoes in hot water with a little salt.

  3. When done, they should be dry and the skin will easily drop off.

  4. Alternatively, peel the potatoes and boil them in hot water with a pinch of salt.

  5. Once cooked, drain the water and sprinkle a little salt over the potatoes.

  6. Shake the pot vigorously to absorb moisture; this will make the potatoes dry and mealy.

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.

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