Potatoes, To Boil
INGREDIENTS for dish for 5 persons.-10 or 12 potatoes; to spoonful of salt. AVERAGE COST, 3d.
Choose potatoes of an equal size , pare them, take out all the eyes and specks, and each 1/2 gallon of water allow 1 heaped table- BOILED POTATOES. as they are peeled, throw them into cold water. Put them into a saucepan with sufficient cold water to cover them, with salt in the above proportion, and let them boil gently until tender. Ascertain when they are done by thrusting a fork in them, and take them up the moment they feel 3 185 soft through; for if they are left in the 0 21 water afterwards, they become waxy or 070 watery. Drain away the water, put the 0 saucepan by the side of the fire, with the lid partially removed, to allow the steam to escape, and let the potatoes get thoroughly dry, and do not allow them to get burnt. Their superfluous moisture will