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Saratoga Fried Potatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Saratoga Fried Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel the potatoes and slice them evenly using a potato slicer if available.

  2. Soak the slices in ice water.

  3. Heat a kettle of lard until very hot.

  4. Dry the potato slices on a towel.

  5. Fry the slices in the hot lard a few at a time, stirring occasionally until they are well browned.

  6. Serve when crisp on the outside and mealy on the inside.

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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