Excerpt from Confessions of Country Quarters, Vol. 3 of 3: Being Some Passages in the Life of Somerset Cavendish Cobb, Esq. Celt, and be wise. Blaze yer honour, said Doddy, upon being subjected to the question, first and foremost, when the praties is half done, I poor afi' the hot wather altogither, empty the pot of it, and then fill up again with could, that strikes the heat into the very hearts of them. Then bile 'em up again till they be done, and then poor off all the wather, and let them stand in the pot before the fire to stame, by which manes they get' crisp and maly; faith! And they're beautiful when they're crachin' their jackets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.