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To Boil Potatoes

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash, wipe, and peel the potatoes.

  2. Cover them with cold water and boil gently until done.

  3. Pour off the water and sprinkle a little fine salt over the potatoes.

  4. Take each potato with a spoon and place it in a clean, warm cloth.

  5. Twist the cloth to press out all moisture and shape the potato round.

  6. Carefully turn the potato into a dish placed before the fire and cover with a cloth.

  7. Repeat for all potatoes and serve quickly.

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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