Syracuse, NY Salt Potatoes

So, my 19 year old step-son, Coleman, went to Syracuse, NY to help his maternal grandfather do some work around his house.  He returned with a sack of "Salt Potatoes."  OK, I know a lot about food, but Salt Potatoes???  Huh?  Well, they sat around for a week and I figured it was time to go ahead and serve 'em up.  I thought it was some crop that they had in NY that was exclusive to up north.  So, I looked on the web and come to find out, they are just baby potatoes boiled in salt...a lot of salt.  I opened the bag and it had a baggie of salt in there and just regular old baby Yukon gold potatoes.  I added the potatoes and cold water to my pot.  Cover the pot and bring it all to a boil.  Once the water boils, add the 1.5 cups of salt that accompanied the sack (don't ever add salt until your water boils.  It can mess with your boil point and burn your pots up), boil away until they become fork-tender.  It looked like regular table salt to me.  I usually always use kosher salt, but what the heck...the salt was there!  I then drained the potatoes and quickly added them back to the warm pot so the excess water could evaporate and the salt could crystallize on the skin.  I served them with a side of melted butter as they do in the classic recipe (unsalted, of course...I never buy salted butter and I melted a full stick).  Let me tell you, "YUM!"  Wow!  They were so creamy in texture.  I was nervous that they would be too salty, but not in the least!  So, anyone can do Salt Potatoes at any time.  Try it!  Super simple and super delish!  As Rachael says, YUM-O!

(I lost all my pictures for this post. I apologize. I will update for your eyes as soon as I can! Sorry!)