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Steamed Potatoes

A simple dish of potatoes steamed in salted water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Steamed Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and peel the potatoes or leave the skins on.

  2. Soak the potatoes in salt water.

Cook and serve

  1. Steam the potatoes over boiling water until cooked.

  2. Serve immediately.

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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What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Provide the starchy body of the dish, cooking to a soft, fluffy texture.

“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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