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Recipe of The Day – Boiled Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 4 potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 quart boiling water
  • 1 tablespoon salt

Directions

  1. Wash potatoes and pare thinly.
  2. Put into 1 quart boiling water with 1/2 tablespoon salt and boil until they can be pierced easily with a fork.
  3. Drain thoroughly, return to saucepan, sprinkle with salt, and set on back of stove till dry and mealy.
  4. Do not cover, as that keeps in the steam and makes the potatoes moist.

Other Information

Author: Person.Margaret W Howard

Source: Practical Cookbook (1917-01-01)

Category: Side

Measure: avoirdupois

Ingredient: potatosaltwater

Equipment: measuring spoonsknifepotsaucepanstove

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