Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Name: Syracuse Salt Potatoes
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Mid-Atlantic, US & Canada, American
Ingredients: 8 cups, water; 1 1/4 cups, salt; 3 pounds, small red potatoes or small white potoates, scrubbed; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh chives; 1 teaspoon, pepper

Side Dishes
Mid-Atlantic
US & Canada
American
Fruits & Vegetables
Potatoes

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2008, Cook's Country TV

A little salt sure makes everything taste better. But in Salt City (Syracuse, N. Y.) the only way to cook potatoes is with a lot of salt.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 40 minutes

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