Boiled potatoes are more nutritious when boiled in the skin. They should be placed in a kettle with a sufficient amount of cold water to cover them, salted to taste, cooked in an uncovered kettle, and the water permitted to boil away; then let kettle remain on the back of range where they will keep hot, until the potatoes are dry and mealy. Peel before serving.
Small new potatoes with white skins need not be peeled, but should be buttered liberally and served in a hot dish.
Boil until tender and place in colander, have ready a large bowl with tablespoonful of butter and half a cupful of cream; mash through the colander into a bowl, then whip potatoes and seasoning thoroughly with a fork, as a spoon destroys the delicacy; place in dish and set uncovered over steam to heat thoroughly. Serve quickly.
To one pint of hot mashed potatoes add one tablespoonful of butter, one half saltspoonful of pepper, one half teaspoonful of salt, one dash of cayenne, one half teaspoonful celery salt, and a few drops of onion juice. Beat until very light. When slightly cooled, mix in yolk of one egg; add one teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Shape into croquettes, roll in fine bread crumbs, then in a mixture of egg and milk, roll again in bread crumbs, let stand about fifteen minutes in a cold place, then fry by plunging in very hot fat for a moment. Do not fry more than three at a time, in order not to chill the fat. Drain carefully.
Take a tablespoonful of warm mashed potato in the palm of your hand, shaping it like a ball; then with a teaspoon take out a good part of the center. Fill this potato patê shell with minced onion and celery cooked tender in butter, and add a grating of cheese; season to taste, then cover it over with potato; dip into melted butter and egg; place in a shallow baking pan and place in a hot oven, let come to a nice brown; serve on platter garnished with parsley.
Select medium sized potatoes, pare, wash, and slice them very thin; dry with a napkin. Have kettle of cocoa butter, or oil, heated to right temperature (see “Important Notes”) and sprinkle potatoes in kettle; do not crowd; when a delicate brown, skim out, and place in sieve in a warm place to drain; sprinkle lightly with salt.
Boil and mash the desired quantity; while the potatoes are still warm spread them half an inch thick on a plate and set away to cool. When ready to use them, cut the potato into strips an inch wide and two inches long; dip the strips into melted butter, and then into well beaten egg, finally placing them in a baking pan and browning them in a hot oven.
Select potatoes of medium size and perfect shape; scour the skins, and steam until tender, then place in oven until skin is slightly toughened; remove from oven and open at one end, carefully removing contents, do not break the skins. Have ready a bowl of whipped cream; mash the potatoes and mix freely with whipped cream. Stuff back in potato skins and set in shallow dish, open ends up; place back in oven and let them get thoroughly hot, then serve. One who has been a strict vegetarian for years finds salt a poison; and it is omitted intentionally in the “Wachtmeister” receipt. It can of course be added to potato in mixing for those who desire it.
Peel and quarter potatoes, put them into saucepan (with salt, if desired) add flour and butter, mixed to a smooth paste, in the proportion of one tablespoonful of flour to two of soft butter, a teaspoonful of chopped parsley and just water enough to float potatoes; cover the saucepan and cook until potatoes are very tender.
To one tablespoonful of finely chopped onion, add seasoning to taste; place in frying pan with two tablespoonfuls of butter and let fry a light brown, being careful not to burn. Have ready one quart of cold boiled potato cut in small dice, add and turn delicately with fork until potatoes have absorbed the butter; just before removing from fire add one tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Serve very hot.
Pare, wash and slice enough potatoes to nearly fill a baking dish; season to taste, fill the dish with cold milk and add one large tablespoonful of butter distributed over the top, bake in moderate oven, keeping dish covered until potatoes are nearly done. Then remove cover and brown.
Peel and cut in strips medium or small potatoes, wash, then dry with a clean towel. Have ready a kettle of cocoa butter thoroughly hot, drop in potatoes and cook until a delicate brown; if salt is used sprinkle slightly when taken from the fat, let drain in wire dish in the oven one minute, then serve in hot dish.
A nice way to fry potatoes is to dip them in egg and then in bread crumbs; then fry until brown.
Boil potatoes in salted water; three good-sized potatoes making a sufficient supply for moderate family; drain and mash; mix with just enough flour to enable you to roll out the mixture, cut with biscuit cutter and bake on an ungreased griddle, turning frequently. The scones should have the thickness and consistency of wheat pancakes.
Cook five potatoes and rub through a strainer. While hot add two tablespoonfuls of butter, one half teaspoonful of salt, one fourth teaspoonful of celery salt, one fourth teaspoonful of pepper, a few grains of cayenne, and one teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Beat thoroughly and add yolk of one egg. Shape in the form of pears. Beat one egg, slightly diluting with two tablespoonfuls of milk. Roll the pears in the egg, then in crumbs, and fry in deep fat; dry on brown paper. Insert a clove at the blossom and stem of each pear. Garnish with parsley.
Grate six large potatoes; drain, and add pint of cream or milk, two well beaten eggs, one tablespoonful of flour, and beat well. Melt one teaspoonful of butter in frying pan, pour in a thin layer of batter; as it cooks loosen it from the pan, when a delicate brown, turn, and brown. Serve hot.