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POTATOES, BOILED (Irish fashion)

In Ireland potatoes are cooked so that they may have, as they call it, a bone in them; that is, that the middle part shall not be quite cooked. They are done thus. Put a gallon of water with two ounces of salt in a large iron pot with the potatoes, boil for about ten minutes, or until the skin is loose, pour the water out of the pot, put a dry cloth on the top of the potatoes, and place the pot on the side of the fire, without water, for about twenty minutes, and serve. In Ireland turf is the principal article of fuel, which is burnt on the flat hearth; a little of it is generally scraped up round the pot so as to keep a gradual heat; by this plan the potato is both boiled and baked. Probable cost, 1d. or 1 1/2d. per pound.