Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Peel and cut the potatoes into even pieces.
Place the potatoes in a pot and cover with water.
Add salt to taste.
Cook and serve
Bring the water to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender.
Drain the potatoes and serve hot.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Potatoes
- Provide the starchy base whose texture softens to tender as they cook in water.
The step that matters
Cook until tender. Potatoes must be tested with a knife or fork rather than timed alone, since size and variety change cooking time. Undercooked centers stay firm and starchy, while overcooked potatoes break apart and turn waterlogged.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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