Place the potatoes and salt in a large pot of cold water. (shelovesbiscotti.com)
It's easier to lump you into big generalized crazy because to reason and rationalize yourself into believing crazy is like putting the lobster in a pot of cold water and slowly turning up the heat, hardly a peep out of you and before you know it your brain is cooked. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Transfer to a colander, immediately fill pot with cold water, transfer it back to the pot of cold water to shock it (stop the cooking) and drain again. (smittenkitchen.com)