Boiled Sweet Potatoes

Select potatoes of uniform size.

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-farmer from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book , Chapter 20 (1896)