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Boiled Potatoes

Boiled potatoes are cooked in salted water until tender, then drained and served hot.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scrub and peel the potatoes, then cover them with cold water.

  2. Cook in boiling salted water for 20 to 30 minutes, or until tender.

  3. Drain the potatoes and shake gently over the fire uncovered until dry.

  4. Serve hot.

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
Starch that softens into a tender, fluffy interior when simmered in water.

The step that matters

Cook until tender, not longer. Potatoes are done when a knife slides in easily. Overcooking lets the starch cells break down fully, so the potatoes turn waterlogged and crumble.

“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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