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Boiled Potatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Boiled Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the potatoes in cold water and remove any dirt.

  2. Place the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water.

  3. Add a little salt and cover the saucepan.

  4. Bring to a boil over high heat.

  5. Reduce heat and let them boil moderately until done.

  6. Drain the water and cover the potatoes tightly.

  7. Let the potatoes sit on the stove for five minutes to dry.

  8. Serve the potatoes in a napkin.

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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