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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. Cut
  2. a pint of cold water
  3. Salt
  4. Potatoes
  5. Rub

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Set them on a -fire, without paring them, in cold water ;
  2. let them half boil, then throw some salt in and a pint of cold water, and let them boil again till almost done.
  3. Pour off the water, and put a clean cloth over them, and then the saucepan co"\ ei, and set them by the fire to steam till ready.
  4. Many persons prefer steamers.
  5. Potatoes look best when the skin is peeled, not cut.
  6. Do new potatoes the same ;
  7. but be careful they are taken off in time, or they will be watery.
  8. Before dressing, rub off the skin with a cloth and salt, and then wash.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Steamer
  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler