To Steam Potatoes.
Put the potatoes into the steamer, and sprinkle them with salt.
Keep the water in the saucepan underneath quickly boiling the whole time the potatoes are cooking.
If the potatoes are cooked in their skins,[*] peel them when very nearly tender, and put them back in the steamer to finish cooking.
Steaming is one of the simplest and best ways of cooking potatoes. If the potatoes are good and the water is kept briskly boiling, this method cannot fail to be successful.