This section is from the book "The Culinary Handbook", by Charles Fellows. Also available from Amazon: The Culinary Handbook.
A root vegetable, peeled, cut in finger lengths, boiled in salted water, taken up and drained; served as an accompaniment to boiled salt leg of pork.
Boiled in finger lengths, drained, placed in cream sauce; served as a vegetable.
Boiled in finger lengths in salted water, taken up and drained, dipped in batter, fried in hot lard, taken up, sprinkled with salt and served.
Boiled, mashed, seasoned and stiffened with salt, pepper, yolks of eggs and flour, fried by spoonfuls in hot lard, taken up, sprinkled with salt, served.
Boiled tender in finger lengths, drained, seasoned with salt and pepper, rolled in flour, sauteed a delicate brown with butter, taken up, sprinkled with chopped parsley and served.
Boiled tender, mashed, seasoned with salt and pepper, milk and butter; served as a vegetable.
Peeled, quartered,steamed till nearly done, taken up and arranged in a buttered baking pan, seasoned with salt and pepper, moistened with rich gravy and butter, baked tender and brown.
 
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