Captain Kater's Boiled Potatoes

Ingredients

• potatoes
• a little fine salt
• cold water

Instructions

1. Wash, wipe, and pare the potatoes.
2. Cover them with cold water and boil them gently until they are done.
3. Pour off the water and sprinkle a little fine salt over them.
4. Take each potato separately with a spoon and lay it into a clean warm cloth.
5. Twist the cloth so as to press all the moisture from the vegetable and render it quite round.
6. Turn it carefully into a dish placed before the fire.
7. Throw a cloth over all, and when all potatoes are done, send them to table quickly.