French Fried Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Peel the potatoes and cut them into long, small, three-cornered pieces.
Soak the cut potatoes in water until ready to cook.
Heat the lard in a pan.
Fry the potatoes quickly in the hot lard until browned.
Drain the fried potatoes in a colander and serve.
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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