Boiled Sweet Potatoes

• 6 Potatoes
• A Drawn Butter Sauce

Wash the potatoes well, using a cloth or brush, and removing every particle of earth. Clip the edges of the roots that adhere. Put them to boil in a kettle of boiling water, and let them cook till they may be easily pierced with a fork. Then drain off the water, and set the kettle on the back of the stove. Cover and let the Potatoes steam a few minutes. Take them out after five minutes or so, a