Mrs Beetons Vegetables Revisited
Baked Potatoes
Potatoes
Choose large potatoes, of a similar size, if possible.
Wash in lukewarm water and scrub well, as the browned skin of a baked potato is thought by many people to be the best part.
Put them into a moderate oven and bake them for about 2 hours, turning three or four times whilst cooking.
Serve them in a napkin immediately they are done, as, if kept a long time in the oven, they have a shriveled appearance.
Serve with a piece of cold butter.
Time: Large potatoes, in a hot oven 1½ hour to 2 hours. In a cool oven, 2 to 2½ hours.
Sufficient: Allow 2 to each person.
Seasonable all the year, but not good just before and whilst new potatoes are in season.
BAKED POTATOES
1136. INGREDIENTS - Potatoes.
Mode - Choose large potatoes, as much of a size as possible; wash them in lukewarm water, and scrub them well, for the browned skin of a baked potato is by many persons considered the better part of it. Put them into a moderate oven, and bake them for about 2 hours, turning them three or four times whilst they are cooking. Serve them in a napkin immediately they are done, as, if kept a long time in the oven, they have a shrivelled appearance. Potatoes may also be roasted before the fire, in an American oven; but when thus cooked, they must be done very slowly. Do not forget to send to table with them a piece of cold butter.
Time - Large potatoes, in a hot oven 1-1/2 hour to 2 hours; in a cool oven, 2 to 2-1/2 hours.
Average cost, 4s. per bushel.
Sufficient - Allow 2 to each person.
Seasonable all the year, but not good just before and whilst new potatoes are in season.
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