To Roast Potatoes

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Wash and dry your potatos (all of a size), and put them in a tin Dutch oven, or cheese toaster.
  2. Take care not to put them too near the fire, or they will get burned on the outside before they are warmed through.
  3. Large potatos will require two hours to roast them.
  4. To save time and trouble, some cooks half boil them first.

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