Name: To Boil Potatoes
Ingredients: Potatoes (of nearly equal size); Coarse cloth; Salt (for new potatoes)

To Boil Potatoes

Ingredients

Potatoes (of nearly equal size)
Coarse cloth
Salt (for new potatoes)

Directions

Select potatoes of nearly equal size.
Boil them in salted water until tender.
Drain the water and let them stand uncovered by the fire until moisture evaporates, shaking occasionally.
If not serving immediately, cover with a cloth, but serve without delay if possible.
For mashing or puddings, wrap each potato in a warm cloth and twist to remove moisture.

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.