672. Mashed Potatoes

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Time: Cook: 35 min Total: 35 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

ten fine potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
two ounces of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
one teaspoonful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a smaller spoonful of pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
half a pint of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a gill of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (7)

Steam about ten fine potatoes for about thirty-five minutes.
Put them into a stewpan or bowl, with two ounces of butter, one teaspoonful of salt, a smaller spoonful of pepper, and half a pint of milk.
Beat them very well up with a large fork.
Add by degrees a gill of milk, and continue beating.
Dish them lightly on a dish.
Should you require to keep them warm, do so in a stewpan.
Do not approve of putting them into moulds and then in the oven, as it makes them heavy.

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

672. Mashed Potatoes.—Steam about ten fine potatoes for about thirty-five minutes, put them into a stewpan or bowl, with two ounces of butter, one teaspoonful of salt, a smaller spoonful of pepper, and half a pint of milk, and beat them very well up with a large fork, then add by degrees a gill of milk, and continue beating, and dish them lightly on a dish. Should you require to keep them warm, do so in a stewpan. I do not approve of putting them into moulds and then in the oven, as it makes them heavy.

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