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Fried Potatoes (Saratoga's Secret) 2
thin with the cutting machine, soak them in cold water for 2 hours, then stir common table salt into the water, 1 tea-spoonful to a quart, and allow them to remain in the brine 1/2 hour longer. Pour them upon the screen to drain, and put them on a spider with 1 lb. of clear lard over a brisk fire. When the sliced potatoes dry on a towel, wait until the lard is smoking hot, and pour a large plateful into the spider. The result is like a small sea in a white squall, and now the cook shows the artistic soul, which every votary of that noblest of the arts must possess to be worthy of the name. Patient and calm, with steady and incessant motion of the skimmer, she prevents adhesion of any two affectionate slices, and watches carefully for any tender burst of brownness to appear. Slowly it creeps and deepens until it rivals the hue of the fragrant Havana. Haste then takes the
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