Boiled Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the potatoes well and soak them in water for at least 1.5 hours to remove any brackish taste.
Do not peel the potatoes before boiling.
Place the potatoes in a kettle with cold water and add a little salt.
Cover the kettle and boil rapidly, using just enough water to cover the potatoes.
Once cooked, pour off the water and return the kettle to the stove without the lid until the steam evaporates.
Serve the potatoes when they are fluffy and mealy.
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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