This section is from the book "The Memorandum Cookery Book", by Countess Morphy. Also available from Amazon: The Memorandum Cookery Book.
And here is another potato " variation".
Potatoes, the same ingredients as in the preceding recipe, with the addition of shallots (or a little chopped onion) and mixed herbs.
Bake the potatoes in their skins, and when done, peel them and proceed exactly as in above recipe, but adding the chopped shallots and herbs. Drop out a dessertspoonful of the mixture in hot fat and fry till slightly brown. The mixture, by the way, should not be quite as light or thin as in the recipe for Potato Puff. It should have a littie more consistency.
 
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