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Summary: Learn the proper technique and timing to achieve the perfect boiled potato. Learn more about this holiday-friendly starch in this free video series.
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"Hi! This is Richard Buccola here in New York City and today on behalf of Expert Village, I am going to show you how to make sweet potato casserole. Okay so we have our potatoes peeled and what I like to do so they will cook a little faster and evenly, I just cut them in quarters and keeping them all the same. You don't want to go too small though. If you see something like that, don't even cut them small, just cut in half. You don't want to cut too small because the potatoes will just fall away. We are going to add these to our boiling water. Remember sweet potatoes are just like regular potatoes. They are done when you stick a knife or fork in it. If you can lift a potato up like that, they are not done. You should be able to stick your knife or fork in it, pick them up and nothing comes up. Carefully add your potatoes to boiling water. I like to just put them i by hand because you don't want to find out if you put all of these in at once, all your water over flows and you have too much water. So carefully put them in. You want to just get them in and again, we are going to get this up to a boil. Realize that we are going to have these done when you stick a fork in them or a knife and pull out your knife and not pick up your potatoes. Come back and we are going to start with our walnuts. Marinating our walnuts with good old Mr. Bourbon. "
eHow Article: How to Boil Potatoes