To Boil New Potatoes

Ingredients

• Potatoes
• to each 1/2 gallon of water
• 1 heaped tablespoonful of salt

Instructions

1. Do not have the potatoes dug long before they are dressed, as they are never good when they have been out of the ground some time.
2. Well wash them, rub off the skins with a coarse cloth, and put them into _boiling_ water salted in the above proportion.
3. Let them boil until tender; try them with a fork, and when done, pour the water away from them;
4. let them stand by the side of the fire with the lid of the saucepan partially uncovered, and when the potatoes are thoroughly dry, put them into a hot vegetable-dish, with a piece of butter the size of a walnut;
5. pile the potatoes over this, and serve.
6. If the potatoes are too old to have the skins rubbed off, boil them in their jackets;
7. drain, peel, and serve them as above, with a piece of butter placed in the midst of them.