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POTATOES, BOILED (another way) (Wash pare and boil)

Wash, pare, and boil the potatoes in the usual way. Pour off the water, and instead of drying the potatoes by the side of the fire, turn them into a bowl. Put the tureen in which they are to be served before the fire. Take each potato separately, lay it in a warm soft napkin, and twist the cloth round it to dry it, and at the same time shape it neatly. Put each potato as it is done into the vegetable dish, and keep this covered with a hot cloth. Serve as quickly as possible. Potatoes are certainly very good prepared in this way, but it it necessary to use despatch in drying them, or they will be cool before they can be served. Time to boil the potatoes, half an hour to an hour, according to the quality. Probable cost, 1d. or 1 1/2d. per pound. Sufficient, two or three for each person.