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To Boil New Potatoes

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scrub the potatoes until clean, do not peel them.

  2. Cover the potatoes with boiling water and boil rapidly for 15 to 20 minutes with the lid on.

  3. Drain the potatoes and sprinkle with salt.

  4. Return the potatoes to the heat uncovered for a few minutes to dry.

  5. Serve very hot in a folded napkin.

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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