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To Boil Sweet Potatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Boil Sweet Potatoes

To Boil Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the sweet potatoes thoroughly.

  2. Place them in a pot or stewpan and cover with boiling water.

  3. Cover the pot tightly and boil for 30 minutes, or longer if the potatoes are large.

  4. Check for doneness with a fork.

  5. Drain the water, peel off the skins, 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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