Boiled Sweet Potatoes

Select potatoes of uniform size. Wash, pare, and cook twenty minutes in boiling salted water to cover. Many boil sweet potatoes with the skins on.

Ingredients

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  • sweet potatoes
  • salt

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Select potatoes of uniform size.

  2. 2

    Wash, pare, and cook twenty minutes in boiling salted water to cover.

  3. 3

    Many boil sweet potatoes with the skins on.

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Recipe by Fannie Merritt Farmer from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book , Chapter 20 (1896)