Mashed Potatoes

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

two pounds of potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a pint of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a quarter of a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (6)

Boil your potatoes, peel them and put them into a saucepan.
Mash them well.
To two pounds of potatoes, add a pint of milk and a little salt.
Stir them well together.
Take care they don't stick to the bottom.
Then take a quarter of a pound of butter, stir it in and serve it up.

Original Text

Maſhed Potatoes.
BOIL your potatoes, peel them and put them into a ſauce-pan, maſh them well; to two pounds of potatoes, put a pint of milk, a little ſalt, ſtir them well together, take care they don't ſtick to the bottom, then take a quarter of a pound of butter, ſtir in and ſerve it up.

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