How to Mash Potatoes

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
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A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (6)
  1. Either steam or boil the potatoes, as indicated in Nos. 135 and 136.
  2. Immediately after they are done, while steaming hot, put the potatoes into a clean saucepan.
  3. Break or mash them by stirring them vigorously with a fork.
  4. When all are broken smooth and mealy, add a little hot milk, with a bit of butter, pepper, and salt.
  5. Work the whole well together for a few minutes.
  6. Eat the mashed potatoes while hot.
Original Text
No. 140. How to Mash Potatoes. Either steam or boil the potatoes, as indicated in Nos. 135 and 136, and immediately after they are done, while steaming hot, put the potatoes into a clean saucepan, and break or mash them by stirring them vigorously with a fork; when all are broken smooth and mealy, add a little hot milk, with a bit of butter, pepper, and salt; work the whole well together for a few minutes, and eat the mashed potatoes while hot.
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