Syracuse Salt Potatoes Recipe

"This delicious salt potatoes recipe is based on a traditional upstate New York side dish. Salt potatoes came about in the 1800s when, legend has it, Irish salt miners made lunch by putting potatoes in baskets and lowered them into the kettles of boiling brine. The spuds were then crowned with gobs of butter...."

INGREDIENTS
2 quarts (1/2 gallon) water
1/2 pound salt
2 pounds small waxy potatoes, new potatoes, or fingerlings
6 tablespoons unsalted butter (3/4 stick)
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