Time required for boiling: Old potatoes, about half an hour; new potatoes, about twenty minutes; steamed potatoes, half an hour.

To Boil Old Potatoes :

1. Wash two pounds of potatoes well in cold water, and scrub them clean with a scrubbing-brush.

N. B. - If the potatoes are diseased, take a sharp knife, peel them, and carefully cut out the eyes and any black specks about the potato; but it is much better to boil them in their skins.

2. Put them in a saucepan with cold water enough to cover them, and sprinkle over them a teaspoonful of salt.

3. Put the saucepan on the fire, to boil the potatoes for from twenty minutes to half an hour.

4. Take a fork and put it into the potatoes, to try if the centre is quite tender.

5. When they are sufficiently boiled, drain off all the water, and place a clean cloth over the potatoes in the saucepan.

6. Stand the saucepan by the side of the fire, with the lid on, to steam the potatoes.

7. When the potatoes have become quite dry, take them carefully out of the saucepan, peel them without breaking them, and place them in a hot vegetable-dish for serving.

To Boil New Potatoes :

1. Wash two pounds of potatoes in cold water.

2. Take a knife and scrape them.

3. Take a saucepan of warm water and put it on the fire to boil.

4. When the water is quite boiling, put in the new potatoes, and sprinkle over them a teaspoonful of salt.

5. Let them boil for a quarter of an hour; you should take a fork and put it into the potatoes, to feel if the centre is quite tender.

6. Then drain off all the water, and place a clean cloth in the saucepan over the potatoes, and stand the saucepan by the side of the fire, with the lid on.

7. When they have become quite dry, take them out of the saucepan and arrange them on a hot vegetable-dish for serving.

To Steam Potatoes:

N.B.-Old potatoes only can be steamed.

1. Wash the potatoes well in cold water, and scrub them clean with a scrubbing-brush.

N. B. - It is best to steam the potatoes in their skins, but they can be peeled if preferred.

2. Take a potato-steamer, fill the saucepan with hot water, and put it on the fire to boil.

3. When the water is quite boiling, put the potatoes in the steamer, and sprinkle them over with salt.

4. Place the steamer on the saucepan of boiling water, and cover it down tight, to keep the steam in.

5. Let the potatoes steam for half an hour,

6. Take a fork and put it into the potatoes, to feel if the centre is quite tender.

7. When they are sufficiently steamed, take them carefully out of the steamer and arrange them on a hot vegetable-dish for serving.