This recipe is still commonly used today. See if you can figure out what we call it!
Saratoga Potatoes
Pare and cut into thin slices on a slaw-cutter four large potatoes (new are best), let stand in ice-cold water while breakfast is cooking; take a handful of the potatoes, squeeze the water from them and dry in a napkin, separate the slices and drop a handful at a time into a skillet of boiling lard, taking care that they do not strike together, stir with a fork till they are a light brown color, take out with a wire spoon, drain well and serve in an open dish. They are nice served cold.
from: Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping. Marysville, Ohio: Buckeye Publishing Company, 1877. p. 293.
"Bad dinners go hand in hand with total depravity, while a properly fed man is already half saved." (from the cover of the cookbook)
Well who would have thunk it! Thanks for sharing the old recipe next time I make fries I'm going to call them by this name : )
ReplyDeleteThe first time that I ever made them was when I was working at a living history site. I sliced them almost paper thin and wound up with something that looked quite a bit like potato chips! Of course, visitors to the site were laughing and making fun of the fact that I had "potato chips" on the table until I explained that it was a period recipe! :D
DeleteSounds like 'tater chips to me, too!
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