To Boil Potatoes
Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven
Ingredients
Directions
Wash and peel the potatoes thinly.
Cover the potatoes with boiling water and cook for 30 minutes.
When nearly done, add salt.
Drain the potatoes and let them steam in the saucepan for a few minutes.
Serve immediately, and do not leave them in the water after cooking.
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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