Fancy Potatoes

Ingredients

• 2 lb. of potatoes
• 2 ozs. of butter
• 1 teaspoonful of salt
• little pepper
• one egg

Method

1. 1

   Boil potatoes, rub through a sieve or mash.

2. 2

   Add butter, salt, pepper, and egg.

3. 3

   Mix well, form into shapes, brush with egg, and bake until brown.

4. 4

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper, half a teaspoonful of mustard, one teaspoonful of white wine vinegar, one tea- GAS COOKERY BOOK. *35 spoonful of Tarragon vinegar, one teaspoonful of chopped chervil, one small shallot chopped fine. Mix the whole thoroughly, and send to table in a sauce¬ boat. i he asparagus should be served on a folded napkin . Straw Potatoes. — Peel and wash some old potatoes cut them into long strips about the size of wood matches. Wash them well, and let them drain, and kVn ? C 0th,: Rave ready a sufficient quantity of boiling fat or boiling oil. Throw them in a handful at a time, and shake the potatoes about until they are a nice light brown colour. Remove them from the tat with a wire spoon or basket, and allow them to drain Sprinkle them with salt, and serve imme- diately. if they are allowed to stand after being cooked, they become soit. They should be served on a dish paper or folded serviette. Sprinkle over with sah and a little finely chopped parsley. Tomatoes. Cut into thin slices some tomatoes. Have ready some breadcrumbs. Put some of the tomatoes in a dish sprinkled with breadcrumbs pepper and salt to taste, and a few pieces of butter Continue these layers of tomatoes, butter, pepper, and salt until the pie dish is full, finishing with bread¬ crumbs, and bake in a rather slow oven. It will be found to be a very delicious dish. Spanish Onions.— After having boiled them for an hour, place them on a tin, and put a piece of butter on each. Bake until quite soft. Fancy Potatoes.— Boil 2 lb. of potatoes, rub them through a sieve, or mash them in a basin, add 2 ozs. Q butter, J teaspconful of salt, little pepper, and one egg

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