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(a) Wash and pare the potatoes. Cover with cold water. Boil until tender. Mash the potatoes in the same water in which they are boiled. Let stand until just luke-warm.

(b) Put in the salt and sugar.

(c) Add the lard and yeast cake. Dissolve thoroughly.

(d) Sift the flour thoroughly and put into a pan. Make a hole in the middle of it. Slowly pour in the potato mixture. Mix well.

(e) Dredge the hands well with flour. Turn the dough out on the mixing-board. Use as little flour as possible on the hands when kneading the dough—only enough to keep the