Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the potatoes and leave them in their skins.
Place the potatoes in a pot of hot water.
Boil for 30 minutes until tender.
Drain and serve
Drain the water and let the potatoes dry on the back of the stove.
Add about 1 tablespoon of salt before serving.
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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What each ingredient does
- Potatoes
- Starchy flesh softens as it cooks, giving the tender, fluffy texture this dish depends on.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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