Boiling Whole Potatoes

Something funny happened on the way to boiling potatoes.  After many years of "assuming" that a potato about a good sized that fits into the palm of my hands (& I have small hands) was small, I finally looked it up on the Internet.  It turns out, a potato of that size is about 12 oz, meaning large potato.  Yes, you guessed it, in my formative years as a cook, I used to visit my in-laws in Idaho where those gorgeous, tasty bakers come from.  What my sister-in-law called large doesn't exist in grocery stores.  Looking back, they were about 2 of the potatoes I "assumed" were medium potatoes!  Ha, ha, ha...


So with that in mind, here is the simple, low down on boiling whole potatoes.  Found on the Internet, a medium potato is about 5 1/3 oz; a large potato is anything larger up to about 12 oz (I'm guessing) & anything over that is Xlarge.  :))


Boiling Whole Potatoes


2 Large baking potatoes, washed
1 medium sized pot with cover
water enough to fill the pot 3/4 full.


Bring the water to boil.  Add the potatoes, cover, bring to boil; lower heat to high simmer and cook for 35-45 minutes.  Drain.  Do Not Cool; peel while hot.  Perfect boiled potatoes.