Potato Croquettes No. 1

Ingredients

• Wash, peel and put four large potatoes
• put in it ten tablespoonfuls of milk
• a lump of butter half the size of an egg
• dip it in a well-beaten egg
• then in bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Boil potatoes, mash them, and mix with milk and butter.

2. 2

   Shape into ovals, dip in egg and bread crumbs, then fry until light brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 124. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OTATO CROQUETTES. No. 1. Wash, peel and put four large potatoes in cold water, with a pinch of salt, and set them over a brisk fire ; when they are done pour off all the water and mash them. Take another saucepan, and put in it ten table- spoonfuls of milk and a lump of butter half the size of an egg ; put it over a brisk fire ; as soon as the milk comes to a boil, pour the potatoes into it, and stir them very fast with a wooden spcon ; when thoroughly mixed, take them from the fire and put them on a dish. Take a tablespoonful and roll it in a clean towel, making it oval in shape ; dip it in a well-beaten egg, and then in bread crumbs

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