Name: Plain Boiled Potatoes
Ingredients: potatoes of uniform size; coarse sea salt; water

Plain Boiled Potatoes

Ingredients

potatoes of uniform size
coarse sea salt
water

Directions

Wash the potatoes in cold water using a vegetable brush.
Rinse and peel the potatoes, removing any eyes.
Rinse the peeled potatoes in clear water.
Place the potatoes in a pot with boiling salted water, ensuring the water nearly evaporates when the potatoes are soft.
Drain any remaining water, cover the potatoes with a white cloth to absorb moisture, and serve.

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.