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Mashed Potatoes

From Buckmaster's cookery, 1887

Ensure potatoes are well mixed with butter and cream.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckmaster's cookery (1887) by J. C. Buckmaster, page 99. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MASHED POTATOES. Ingredients. Potatoes. Cream. 3 oz. of Butter. 1. Boil or steam the potatoes. 2. Turn them into a basin, and with a fork bruise them to flour; to three pounds of potatoes (3) add a teaspoonful of salt, three ounces of fresh butter, and a gill of cream or hot milk

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