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Straw Potatoes
From The household gas cookery book, 1900
Serves 4
If allowed to stand after cooking, they become soft.
Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
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.
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
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