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French Fried Potatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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French Fried Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pare the potatoes and cut them lengthwise into ¼ inch thick slices.

  2. Soak the slices in cold water with salt until ready to use.

  3. Drain the potatoes on a cloth.

  4. Heat the lard until hot and drop in the potato slices.

  5. Fry until nicely browned.

  6. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain in a colander lined with a cloth.

  7. Sprinkle with salt while 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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