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To Boil Potatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Boil Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Choose potatoes of similar size for even cooking.

  2. Place them in a pot and cover with just enough water.

  3. Add plenty of coarse sea salt.

  4. When the skins begin to crack, remove the pot from the heat and drain all the water.

  5. Cover the pot with a cloth or lid, leaving it slightly open for steam to escape.

  6. Return the pot to the heat until the potatoes are thoroughly cooked and dry.

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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