Potatoes

I seem to live in a different potato universe than everyone else. I see all these recipes where you put some oil in a pan on medium heat, then add raw diced potatoes, and they cook in 5-6 minu...

by stecworld 7 years ago

My father used to make a casserole that had a wonderful flavor, but, alas, I never got his recipe. I asked his sister, but she couldn't really remember how to make it either. He was Romanian in cas...

I'm having 6 people over for potato pancakes on Saturday. I work half a day and they'll I'll be going food shopping. I'll have about one hour prep time before my guests arrive and an hour or so c...

I threw together a dinner last night. I roasted chicken thighs over cut up yellow potatoes, sliced white onions, and stove top charred jalapenos. Before putting it in the oven, I added a few knobs ...

by CharlieKilo 8 years ago

Mashed Potatoes: Skin on or skin off? (And please included your location.)

Why do mashed potatoes sometimes get gummy? How long are you supposed to boil the potatoes? I read in a previous post that many folks boil them whole with the skins on. Would cutting them up (so...

Will anyone admit to cooking with canned potatoes? Any good ideas? So far I just saute them in oil and butter until crisp..........

by fr1p 8 years ago

This is my third attempt at making a crock pot recipe that involves chunks of potatoes, and once again, after many many hours of cooking (8 minimum) everything in the crock pot is incredibly tender...

by winedubar 11 years ago

a good friend is cooking for me tomorrow at my house, and he said he'd make his childhood fav - mormon funeral potatoes. i hear they contain cornflakes. should i be scared? :) and more important...

My dad used to take me to a takeout restaurant in Montebello for broasted potatoes. I remember the chickens roasting on skewers. I cannot remember the street it was on. I am pretty sure it is gone ...

by tcamp 4 months ago

'Tis the season for fried potatoes. Yesterday's Washington Post had a recipe for super-easy latkes using frozen (defrosted) hash browns. I like to think of myself as open minded but....geez....I su...

I tried making roasted potatoes last night but they turned out soft not crunchy or crispy. I used red bliss potatoes, cut them into pieces, soaked them in water and dried them - seasoned with oliv...

I have been gifted with some Hayman's which I know are considered a real delicacy on the Eastern Shore. I have let them "cure" but now am wondering what the best way to use them is. There are ver...

Over the past two or three years, I have probably made over one hundred hashes and, during this time, I have yet to come up with a solution to the problem of degrading fried potato texture in a pot...

My daughter is getting married and I'm doing most of the food. As a side they want me to make crispy fried potatoes w/bacon (parboiled then fried). No problem except there will be in excess of 100 ...

Help, please. In the '50's and 60's every NY area deli served a typical thin sliced potato salad. I don't think it was made with mayonnaise. It was typically called "German", but had no bacon, a...

I decided to make a batch of tater tots, and wanted to punch them up a bit, so I started with my base recipe (a couple of pounds of peeled, parboiled and grated Russets, a couple of tablespoons of ...

by Richelle 11 years ago

Hello everyone! The phenomena of potatoes that won't cook has happened to me a few times now over the years, yesterday, it happened in a beef stew I was making for 50, I had started cooking it t...

I need to roast my red potatoes in the same oven as I will be reheating my brisket. I plan to have the oven set at 300 degrees for the brisket. How long do I need to roast the potatoes at that low ...