Take the white mealy kind of potatoes--pare them, and put them into just
boiling water enough to cover them--add a little salt. When boiled
tender, drain off the water, and let them steam till they break to
pieces--take them up, put two or three at a time compactly together in a
strong cloth, and press them tight, in the form of a ball--then lay them
in your potatoe dish carefully, so as not to fall apart.