Boiled Potatoes Without Jackets

Ingredients

• Pare and put in fresh boiling water
• sprinkle in sufficient salt for seasoning
• throw in a little hot cream or rich milk with a lump of butter
• a sprinkle of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Pare the potatoes and put them in fresh boiling water.

2. 2

   Keep closely covered and at a steady boil for at least twenty minutes.

3. 3

   Watch carefully, and when they present a mealy and broken surface, remove from the stove.

4. 4

   Drain off water thoroughly, sprinkle with salt, cover the saucepan, give it a shake, and set on the back of the stove.

5. 5

   Add hot cream or rich milk with a lump of butter and a sprinkle of pepper, cover immediately, and leave on the stove for another minute.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 446. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Potatoes Without Jackets. — Pare and put in fresh boil- ing water. Keep closely covered and at a steady boil for at least twenty minutes, five or ten minutes more may be requisite, accord- ing to the quality of potato. Watch carefully, and the very instant they present a mealy and broken surface remove from stove, raise cover just enough to admit the draining off of water. This may be accomplished successfully and quickly, after a little practice, and is far better than turning them into a colander, thus suddenly chilling them and arresting further development of the starch, which, after S20 POTATOES. all, is the main point to be accomplished. Drain water off thor- oughly and quickly, sprinkle in suflBcient salt for seasoning, partly cover saucepan, give it a shake and set on back of stove, being care- ful not to have it too hot. In a minute or so give it another shake to stir up potatoes, throw in a little hot cream or rich milk with a lump of butter and a sprinkle of pepper

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