To Boil Potatoes

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
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Modern cookery for private families
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Ingredients (2)
Instructions (8)
  1. Wash, wipe, and pare the potatoes.
  2. Cover them with cold water and boil them gently until they are done.
  3. Pour off the water and sprinkle a little fine salt over them.
  4. Take each potato separately with a spoon and lay it into a clean warm cloth.
  5. Twist the cloth so as to press all the moisture from the vegetable and render it quite round.
  6. Turn it carefully into a dish placed before the fire.
  7. Throw a cloth over the dish.
  8. When all are done, send them to table quickly.
Original Text
TO BOIL POTATOES. (Captain Kater’s Receipt.) Wash, wipe, and pare the potatoes, cover them with cold water, and boil them gently until they are done, pour off the water, and sprinkle a little fine salt over them; then take each potato separately with a spoon, and lay it into a clean warm cloth, twist this so as to press all the moisture from the vegetable, and render it quite round; turn it carefully into a dish placed before the fire, throw a cloth over, and when all are done, send them to table quickly. Potatoes dressed in this way are mashed without the slightest trouble; it is also by far the best method of preparing them for puddings or for cakes.
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