Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Erken's basic method for boiling potatoes in their skins: wash and scrub the potatoes, set them over in cold salted water (2 tsp salt per liter), bring slowly to a boil and simmer 30–45 minutes, pour off all the water, steam them dry for a minute, and peel before serving.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 355 (falt i det fri)
The introduction to the potato chapter in "Stor kokebok" gives advice on buying and handling potatoes, then goes on to the basic cooking method: potatoes boiled in their skins. Erken stresses that "a badly cooked potato completely ruins an otherwise well-prepared meal."
Wash the potatoes
Rinse and scrub the potatoes thoroughly clean. Choose potatoes of the same size so they finish cooking at the same time. Do not cut them before boiling.
Set over the heat
Put the unpeeled potatoes in a pot with just enough cold water to barely cover them. Add salt, 2 tsp per liter of water.
Boil slowly
Bring the water slowly to the boiling point, so the cell walls do not burst too violently and the potatoes boil to pieces. Simmer on until they are tender, 30–45 minutes depending on size and variety.
Pour off and steam dry
Pour off the water at once, every last drop. Steam the potatoes dry for a minute over the heat, first with the lid on, then without, shaking the pot during the steaming.
Serve
Peel the potatoes and keep them warm until serving.
Measurements have been converted to modern units (liter, teaspoon), and the method is divided into numbered steps in modern Norwegian. Only method 1 (boiling in the skin) is given as a recipe, as the other methods begin on the next page.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Revised 1949 recipe
From the revised edition of the Big Cookbook.

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Note on Modernised
Mål er omregnet til moderne enheter (liter, teskje), og fremgangsmåten er delt i nummererte trinn på moderne norsk. Kun metode 1 (koking med skallet på) er gjengitt som oppskrift, da de øvrige metodene begynner på neste side.
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