Po - Ta - To

[Rukh O'Rorke]

boil em! mash em! stick em in a stew!!!!

po ta to

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Let's talk about it!!

split peas soup:

veggie soup:

Mashed potatoes:

Scalloped or au gratin:

boiled cabbage, carrot:

What kind of potatoes are acceptable/not? 

We have rules!!!! 

Rules, I tell ya!

What r yours?

[Deleted]

I could live on good French fries.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

What's taters, precious?

[tskeeter]

Jan 13, 2017 22:43:45 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

boil em! mash em! stick em in a stew!!!!

po ta to

p
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t
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t
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Let's talk about it!!

split peas soup:

veggie soup:

Mashed potatoes:

Scalloped or au gratin:

boiled cabbage, carrot:

What kind of potatoes are acceptable/not? 

We have rules!!!! 

Rules, I tell ya!

What r yours?

We Irish have only one rule when it comes to tatties.  There ain't no rules. Fried, boiled, baked, boxty, colcannon, or any other way you can figure out, we eat them all, all the day long, with whatever else is on the plate.

Did you know that at one time, the Irish diet included 10 pounds of spuds per person, per day

[Apple]

I like them almost any way you can think of making them.

My son made these a couple days ago, so good...


natashaskitchen.com/2011/02/28/deruny-ukrainian-potato-pancakes-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8/

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Jan 13, 2017 22:43:45 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

split peas soup: only russet!

veggie soup: not russet!

Mashed potatoes: white potatoes!

Scalloped or au gratin: whatever's handy!

boiled cabbage, carrot: red potatoes!

here are the potato house rules!

[Tiny]

Mmmm....I microwave potatoes (regular, purple, Yukon gold,  sweet, - heck any kind!) until just tender (OR bake extra when you have the oven on). I cut them into pieces and then 'fry' them with a tiny bit of oil (in a non-stick pan OR a cast iron pan) until they are golden-y brown and then hit them with a bit of salt....   crunchy on the outside - creamy potato-y goodness on the inside.


I like to slip a bay leaf in while the potatoes are cooking when making mashed potatoes.   Remove the bay leaf before mashing.   

I also like to add alittle roasted garlic (I roast a boatload of heads of garlic and then freeze the 'mash' in tablespoon sized cubes) when making mashed potatoes too... especially if I don't have a bay leaf. 

[dannylion]

I like to make potato salad with half white potatoes (Yukon Gold or Red Bliss) and half sweet potatoes (don't cook them together, they don't cook at the same rate).  I also put chickpeas in my potato salad.  Try it. It's good.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I did a prime rib for Thanksgiving this year with mashed potatoes and gravy.  I read a chef's blog that when he made mashed potatoes, he cooked them in cream rather than water.  After the potatoes were done, he drained the cream off and added some of it back.

I've added cream to potatoes before, after cooking them in water but these were a LOT better than that.  The chef's explanation was that when you drain out the water, the potato flavor goes down the sink too.  I think he is right.  You can also do them in milk the same way if you don't want the fat.  However, doing it this way is an indulgence to do during the holidays, not an everyday occurrence.

[Deleted]

Jan 14, 2017 15:46:12 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

I did a prime rib for Thanksgiving this year with mashed potatoes and gravy.  I read a chef's blog that when he made mashed potatoes, he cooked them in cream rather than water.  After the potatoes were done, he drained the cream off and added some of it back.

I've added cream to potatoes before, after cooking them in water but these were a LOT better than that.  The chef's explanation was that when you drain out the water, the potato flavor goes down the sink too.  I think he is right.  You can also do them in milk the same way if you don't want the fat.  However, doing it this way is an indulgence to do during the holidays, not an everyday occurrence.

This isn't about potatoes, but you reminded me of it.  When we got married, DH asked me if I ever boiled the hot dogs in milk.  I was like, "Huh?"  It was how his mother made them.

He grew up on a dairy farm so milk was apparently like water to them.

Imagine!

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Jan 14, 2017 16:25:59 GMT -5 @bamafan1954 said:

Jan 14, 2017 15:46:12 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

I did a prime rib for Thanksgiving this year with mashed potatoes and gravy.  I read a chef's blog that when he made mashed potatoes, he cooked them in cream rather than water.  After the potatoes were done, he drained the cream off and added some of it back.

I've added cream to potatoes before, after cooking them in water but these were a LOT better than that.  The chef's explanation was that when you drain out the water, the potato flavor goes down the sink too.  I think he is right.  You can also do them in milk the same way if you don't want the fat.  However, doing it this way is an indulgence to do during the holidays, not an everyday occurrence.

This isn't about potatoes, but you reminded me of it.  When we got married, DH asked me if I ever boiled the hot dogs in milk.  I was like, "Huh?"  It was how his mother made them.

He grew up on a dairy farm so milk was apparently like water to them.

Imagine!

How were they?

[Deleted]

Jan 14, 2017 18:15:19 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Jan 14, 2017 16:25:59 GMT -5 @bamafan1954 said:

This isn't about potatoes, but you reminded me of it.  When we got married, DH asked me if I ever boiled the hot dogs in milk.  I was like, "Huh?"  It was how his mother made them.

He grew up on a dairy farm so milk was apparently like water to them.

Imagine!

How were they?

I didn't make them.  I am lactose-intolerant.  

[Opti]

Jan 14, 2017 18:23:51 GMT -5 @bamafan1954 said:

Jan 14, 2017 18:15:19 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

How were they?

I didn't make them.  I am lactose-intolerant.  

They should be boiled in beer instead anyway.

[Deleted]

Microwave sweet potatoes until just starting to soften.  Let cool a bit and slice in 1/2 inch slices.  Brush or spray with olive oil, sprinkle with anything you love - I'm partial to curry, but salt, pepper and garlic are yummy too.  Grill over medium heat until lightly browned and tender.  Good side for grilled pork chops.

[sarcasticgirl]

No one mentioned roasted potatoes... My fave!

Sent from my Nexus 10

[giramomma]

Ok. I don't have anything of use to contribute.

But the title reminds me of LOTR when Sam is telling Gollum how he craves a potato..(more specifically, in the Two Towers).

[wyouser]

Man oh man.....the potato dumpling!! On the road in Germany, mid afternoon... almost any little Inn by the roadside.....hold the kuchen, hold the pie, hold the tortes....even forgo the ice cream....a potato dumpling is "to die for" (now my DW will go for the alamode stuff, of course her roots go back to Silesia...I'm a Wuertemburger)

[chiver78]

Jan 14, 2017 0:29:00 GMT -5 tskeeter said:

Jan 13, 2017 22:43:45 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

boil em! mash em! stick em in a stew!!!!

po ta to

p
o


t
a



t
o


Let's talk about it!!

split peas soup:

veggie soup:

Mashed potatoes:

Scalloped or au gratin:

boiled cabbage, carrot:

What kind of potatoes are acceptable/not? 

We have rules!!!! 

Rules, I tell ya!

What r yours?

We Irish have only one rule when it comes to tatties.  There ain't no rules. Fried, boiled, baked, boxty, colcannon, or any other way you can figure out, we eat them all, all the day long, with whatever else is on the plate.

Did you know that at one time, the Irish diet included 10 pounds of spuds per person, per day

 colcannon....