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Main Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: K Frame on July 20, 2017, 11:34:37 AM
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make me an evil person?
FIGHT!
:rofl:
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I kinda thought you were an evil person already. (and proud of it) What do the mashed potatoes have to do with anything? ??? :laugh:
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Concur. Boxed mashed potatoes doesn't impact Mike's status. Calling Mike evil gives him a bit too much credit. What's a better term?
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^^^ Peevish.
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Concur. Boxed mashed potatoes doesn't impact Mike's status. Calling Mike evil gives him a bit too much credit. What's a better term?
Inimical?
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I must shamefully admit, I like the Idahoan instant mashed potatoes. Does this call for an intervention? Potatoes anonymous?
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I must shamefully admit, I like the Idahoan instant mashed potatoes. Does this call for an intervention? Potatoes anonymous?
Concur, the baby reds are my go to instant version. But I've already been taken by the dark side so you may want to exclude my opinion.
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^^^ Peevish.
Excellent choice.
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Inimical?
YES!
I am the Inimical Mike Irwin!
Taste my freeze dried potatoes of pain, bitches!
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See, peevish doesn't work, because it means that someone is easily irritated.
I'm not easily irritated because I'm irritated ALL. OF. THE. *expletive deleted*ing. TIME!
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OGRE
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See, peevish doesn't work, because it means that someone is easily irritated.
I'm not easily irritated because I'm irritated ALL. OF. THE. *expletive deleted*ing. TIME!
I was thinking more of this definition, especially the unimportant things part:
peev·ish
ˈpēviSH/Submit
adjective
easily irritated, especially by unimportant things.
"all this makes Steve fretful and peevish"
synonyms: irritable, fractious, fretful, cross, petulant, querulous, pettish, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, sullen, grumpy, bad-tempered, short-tempered, touchy, testy, tetchy, snappish, irascible, waspish, prickly, crusty, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric;
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I like the instant stuff and I'm good at making them. In fact, I'm a veritable Spudly Do-Right.
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I also like the instant mashed potato's. I always get the kind that comes in packets and is flavored (Like garlic butter or the loaded baked potato mix that has bacon in it)
And I have it on good authority that I am well liked, since apparently ya'll are trying to kill me off a la Game of Thrones.
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Instant potatoes...
I do keep some around in the pantry, for times when we're in a hurry, or being lazy, or just don't have potatoes on hand. I like to doctor up the instant potatoes...sour cream, or cheddar cheese and bacon. Plain instant potatoes are just...plain.
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Not a fan of them for actual mashed potatoes. But I do like them to soups and stuff.
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I must shamefully admit, I like the Idahoan instant mashed potatoes. Does this call for an intervention? Potatoes anonymous?
And I like the Betty Crocker mashed potatoes.
Shall we now have a mashed potato debate and settle things once and for all the way the Colt vs. S&W (or 9mm vs .45) debates were settled?
Oh, wait . . . :facepalm:
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Instant potatoes...
I do keep some around in the pantry, for times when we're in a hurry, or being lazy, or just don't have potatoes on hand. I like to doctor up the instant potatoes...sour cream, or cheddar cheese and bacon. Plain instant potatoes are just...plain.
Aldi's Four Cheese instant mashed potatoes are the bomb.
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
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I have pretty much lived off the single serving potato cups at work. In this great country you can also get somewhat crappy gravy in a jar too. Perfection. Favorite instant potatoes will always be kfc with thermonuclear gravy. Haven't had in decades.
That said, I boil a bunch of red potatoes with skin on and roughly mash. Stir in a pound of crumbled bacon and a diced onion sauteed in the grease. Add some butter for reasons and about a pound of shredded cheddar. Put cardiologist on speed dial and then dig in.
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I actually like the Idaho packets. I usually keep a variety around especially the Garlic one and the Baby Red one. Since I am only cooking for myself most of the time they make a quick easy side dish. I would normally not make mashed if I was going to take the time to cook potatoes; I’d roast them on the grill in tinfoil or do potato salad instead.
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Would you be wearing the tinfoil or would the potatoes?
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Dear KD5, instant mashed potatoes make a wonderful field expedient hemostatic agent in case of tragic bike or jackstand accidents. Who am I kidding, I come to this fact by way of my dad's white board of random thoughts and phone numbers.
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Would you be wearing the tinfoil or would the potatoes?
That depends on if the black helicopters are flying around! [tinfoil]
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That depends on if the black helicopters are flying around! [tinfoil]
DARK GREEN !!!!!! [/APS Chorus]
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DARK GREEN !!!!!! [/APS Chorus]
We should totally write APS: The Musical. "Dark Green" could be the opening number.
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What's the alternative, mashing potatoes yourself like a troglodyte?
SWMBO and I like the Betty Crocker sweet potato mix, though the recipe calls for so much butter that the mix might as well be newspaper pulp.
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"What's the alternative, mashing potatoes yourself like a troglodyte?"
THAG SMASH!
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^^^I use a ricer when making mashed potatoes, and it gives me a great texture.
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Instant potatoes have come a long way in becoming blah to palatable.
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^^^I use a ricer when making mashed potatoes, and it gives me a great texture.
What's a Ricer ?? I grew up in Half German/Half Irish household, I ate a lot of potatoes growing up.
And when I google pictures of "Ricer" I get pictures of Honda Civics, Toyota Corollas, and Subaru WRX's with coffee cans tack welded on their exhausts.
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https://www.amazon.com/Bellemain-Stainless-Interchangeable-Fineness-Discs-Full/dp/B00V8QXNEA/ref=sr_1_3?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1501203799&sr=1-3&keywords=potato+ricer
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This is a vegetable ricer
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FTW9U8Q/ref=asc_df_B01FTW9U8Q5095211/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=395033&creativeASIN=B01FTW9U8Q&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198093537739&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=892231407680186357&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008129&hvtargid=pla-320469890618
It's designed to turned cooked vegetables into very smooth puree.
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Missed it by that much!
I use a ricer (my Grandmother's, from the 1940s) when I want really smooth mashed potatoes.
I've also used it to squeeze lots of lemons really quickly.
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I don't really like super smooth mashed potato's unless they're been baked or such after so you get a crusty shell over the serving.
For the most part, I want them to have a little potato texture. Even when I make instant mashed, I don't use as much hot water as the package calls for, because it makes them too soupy.
When I feel like fooling with real potato's, I often make what I call my "smashed potato's". I get the mini potato's (usually either the red skin or the goldens) that come in a steamer bag and either steam or boil them. Then I dump them in a bowl, make sure each potato gets bashed up fairly decently by a fork. Usually I top this with shredded cheese, real bacon bits and butter, plus seasoned salt and pepper. There's one type of steamer bag that you can add stuff to cook with the potato's, and I usually through in some rosemary and butter with those.
Smashed potato's are one of my favorite cold night, curl up in my chair with a good book or movie and get fat dinners.
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Red skin!?!?! Red Skin!?!?!?
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Dear KD5, instant mashed potatoes make a wonderful field expedient hemostatic agent in case of tragic bike or jackstand accidents. Who am I kidding, I come to this fact by way of my dad's white board of random thoughts and phone numbers.
Idahoan bacon cheddar chipotle is my go to instant lightweight food. Might itch a bit on an open wound, though
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"For the most part, I want them to have a little potato texture."
I'm pretty much the same way, but there are some reasons for why you want really smooth mashed potatoes, such as the base for soup or for making potato dumplings or gnocchi.
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I just read this and it sounds interesting:
http://skillet.lifehacker.com/instant-potatoes-are-the-key-to-quick-delicious-gnocch-1797566583
I like a good gnocchi with pesto or sage/brown butter, and this certainly sounds like a very quick and easy way to make them.
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I think I read somewhere that potato flakes (just a little) are a "secret ingredient" for tightening up the filling in apple strudel without making it pasty.
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Oh man, SO trying that Gnocchi recipe!
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Got some instant refried beans that I'm going to have to try as a camp food. Should be pretty much the same as rice or mashed potatoes, except that the beans do have a flavor to contribute to whatever mix they're used in.
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Tried the gnocchi recipe. Easy and good.
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I actually like the Idaho packets. I usually keep a variety around especially the Garlic one and the Baby Red one. Since I am only cooking for myself most of the time they make a quick easy side dish. I would normally not make mashed if I was going to take the time to cook potatoes; I’d roast them on the grill in tinfoil or do potato salad instead.
You talking about Idahoan, Roasted Garlic and Parmasian, Baby Red?
Excellent!
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Last night I made the gnocchi recipe that MillCreek posted again. It is SOOOOOOO damned good!
This time I added some powdered sage to the potato mix.
Then I made a white wine brown butter sauce with garlic.
I also cooked some broccoli florets with the gnocchi, then tossed it all into the pan were the sauce was. Let it simmer for a few minutes, turning well to get everything covered, and served with grated parm cheese.
Holy crap was that a good meal!
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Every time I make the gnocchi, I like it more and more and more!
Last night I made a half batch. Perfect size for dinner.
I simmered some chorizo in white wine, then added a bottled red sauce and some extra spices.
When I cooked the gnocchi I threw in some frozen broccoli florets. Drained everything, toss it in the sauce to simmer for a few minutes, mainly to finish cooking the broccoli, and plated with some grated parm cheese.
Holy crap good!
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Broccoli makes everything better.... =D =D
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I absolutely love broccoli.