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1885

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Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cut one end of the potato so that it will stand steady ; cut the other almost off like a little cover. Put them in a pan and bake ; when soft, take the potato from the shell with a fork very carefully ; mix with butter and salt, and about three table-spoonfuls of hot milStuffed Potatoesk ; beat well, and fill the shells heaping full ; put high in the oven to brown. RICED POTATOES. Pare, plain boil, mash, and season with saltRiced Potatoes ; rub with a wooden spoon through a hot colander ; put low in the oven to heat, but not brown. 6 42 LESSON SECOND. Rccapitidatioii of the Lesson. MASHED POTATOES. 1 We pare and drop into cold water. 2 We put on to cook in salted boiling water. 3 They boil about thirty minutes. 4 We drain the water off. 5 We mash the potato in the kettle in which It has been boiled. 6 We put in hot milk, butter, more salt if needed, and beat with a fork. 7 We arrange neatly in a hot dish. STEWED POTATOES. 1 We wash, pare, and drop into cold water. 2 We cut in small squares and drop them into another bowl of cold water. 3 We drain them, and put into an iron frying-pan. 4 We turn in boiling water enough to cover them, sprinkle with salt, and put over to boil. 5 We rub one teaspoonful of butter and flour together. 6 We wash and cut a little parsley very fine. 7 We turn off the water when the potatoes are nearly soft, and turn on milk to cover them. 8 When milk boils, we stir in butter and flour. 9 We let them boil, stirring carefully till the milk is creamy. lo We toss in the parsley as we take the potatoes from the stove, and turn in a hot dish for serving. Now it is finished. FRIED POTATOES. 1 We put lard on to heat. 2 We wash and pare potatoes, and drop into cold water. 3 We quarter lengthwise, then divide in even strips, and drop into cold water. 4 We test the heat of the lard with one piece of potato. 5 We dry in a clean towel enough potatoes to fry at one time. 6 We stand by and stir gently with a skimmer. LESSON SECOND. 43 7 We drain them with a skimmer against the side of the kettle. 8 We take them out, drop them on brown paper, and sprinkle with salt. Now, when all are thus cooked, we are finished. STUFFED POTATOES. 1 We wash and scrub the skins. 2 We cut one end of the potato so that it will stand upright. 3 We cut the other end like a cover, making all the potatoes of one height. 4 We stand them In the dripping-pan, and place in the oven to bake. (They should bake until soft.) 5 We take the dripping-pan from the oven and stand it on a piece of brown paper on the table. 6 We put a cup of milk to heat. 7 We hold the baked potato with a dish-towl in one hand, and a fork in the other. 8 We carefully take out the potato in a bowl, and place the empty shells in a pan. 9 We gradually add hot milk, butter and saltStuffed Potatoes, and beat until light. 10 We fill the shells with the mixture with a fork as high as we can. 1 1 We place high in the oven to brown. I 2 When a light brown, we place on a hot dish to serve. Now it is finished. RICED POTATOES. 1 We cook as for mashed potatoes. 2 We heat the colander. 3 We mash the potatoes in the kettle in which they have been boiled. 4 We taste, and if needed we add saltRiced Potatoes. 5 We heat the dish in which the potato is to be served.