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Raw Potato Yeast

From Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant, 1907

Serves 2

Use when light.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 5 medium sized raw potatoes
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 pt old yeast
  • boiling water

Method

  1. Grate potatoes, mix with salt and sugar, then pour in boiling water while stirring until thickened.

  2. Cool, then add dissolved yeast and let rise until light.

Nutrition per serving

496Calories
12 gProtein
116 gCarbs
1 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Raw Potato Yeast Peel and grate 5 medium sized raw potatoes, put in a gal crock and add V2 cup each salt and sugar, and stir it well, then pour in boiling water, stirring constantly until the mix- ture thickens. Stir or beat with a spoon occasionally while allowing it to cool, and when lukewarm add i/4 pt old yeast

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