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Potatoes, Boiled

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Potatoes, Boiled

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the potatoes and leave the skin on.

  2. Place them in boiling salted water.

  3. Cook until a fork can easily pierce them.

  4. Add a little cold water to the pot and let the potatoes sit for 2 minutes.

  5. Pour off the water and return the pot to a low heat until steam evaporates.

  6. Peel the potatoes and place them in an open dish.

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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