This section is from the book "Three Meals A Day", by Maud C. Cooke. Also available from Amazon: Three Meals a Day.
Wash and scrape. Leave in cold water half an hour. Boil until tender in salted water. Chop or mash fine, seasoning with butter, pepper and a few teaspoonfula of cream or milk.
Prepare to boil by cutting lengthwise. Slice thin. When done put in a saucepan 2 tablespoonfuls of butter and 1 cupful milk. Season with pepper. Some like a dash of Cayenne. Add very little sugar and stew half an hour.
 
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