Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Select potatoes of the same size, peel them, and cook in cold water.
Once cooked, drain well and keep the lid off to prevent steam from entering.
Mash the potatoes thoroughly until they are dry and flaky.
Add coarse sea salt to taste.
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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