Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The general course of action for boiling potatoes: Peel the skin of the potatoes. Put them in boiling hot water. Optionally add a teaspoon of salt to the water to give the potatoes more flavour. Boil for about ten minutes. Ready to serve. See also: Steaming potatoes This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.