Hasty Cooked Potatoes

Original Recipe

Wash and peel some potatoes; cut them into slices of about a quarter of an inch in thickness; throw them into boiling salted water, and, if of good quality, they will be done in about ten minutes. Strain off the water, put the potatoes into a hot dish, chop them slightly, add pepper, salt, and a few small pieces of fresh butter, and serve without loss of time.

Ingredients

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  • 1 quarter of an inch in thickness
  • 1 in about ten minutes
  • 1 hot dish
  • 1 few small pieces of fresh butter

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash and peel some potatoes; cut them into slices of about a quarter of an inch in thickness; throw them into _boiling_ salted water, and, if of good quality, they will be done in about ten minutes.

  2. 2

    Strain off the water, put the potatoes into a hot dish, chop them slightly, add pepper, salt, and a few small pieces of fresh butter, and serve without loss of time.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)