Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

• eight medium-sized potatoes
• a quart of cold water
• a pinch of salt
• a glass of milk

Method

1. 1

   Peel and wash potatoes, cut into pieces, and boil in cold water with salt until tender.

2. 2

   Drain, press through a sieve, and mix with salt and milk.

3. 3

   Serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

mashed potatoes. 418. Lima Beans. Boil three pints of Lima beans in plenty of water, and a little salt, until quite tender. Drain them and put them in a saucepan on the fire, with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Mix two yolks of eggs in a tablespoonful of water and the juice of a lemon, add VEGETABLES. 147 them to your beans, with a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and serve. 419. Succotash. Take a pint and a half of boiled Lima beans, and the same of boiled corn, cut from the cob. Mix them together in a saucepan on the fire, with six ounces of butter, half a glass of milk, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and serve very hot. 420. Dried Lima Beans. Soak three pints of Lima beans in water for twelve hours, and proceed as for fresh Lima beans (Art. 418). 42 r. Mashed Potatoes. Peel and wash eight medium-sized potatoes, cut them in pieces, and put them in a saucepan with a quart of cold water

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