To Boil Sweet Potatos
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the sweet potatoes thoroughly.
Place them in a pot and cover with boiling water.
Cover the pot and boil for 30 minutes or longer if the potatoes are large.
Check for doneness with a fork.
Drain the water, remove the skins, and serve.
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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