Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?
I can't narrow it down myself...I don't know if I've ever met a potato I didn't like!
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34 Comments:
I'm with you BaHa.......I love potatoes in any way shape or form. Yesterday for Mother's Day I made this totally not good for you potato dish that my grandmother taught me, and I embellished. Now those of you that are food purists...don't admonish me....some things have their place in life....
I take russet potatoes - peel & slice thin w/mandoline.....
layer the potaoes w/dots of butter, dry french onion soup mix, extra dehydrated onions & shredded cheddar cheese. I just keep layering til I've filled a 2 qt. baking dish topping the whole thing with butter, soup mix, onions & cheese....then bake @ 375 for about 45 minutes. This is sooo good.
mepolo at 10:43AM on 05/14/07
I second that notion. Simple red-skinned garlic mashed potatoes are probably my all-time favorite, but aloo gobi definitely runs a close second.
Erin at 10:46AM on 05/14/07
Oooh...potatoes...here's one of my favorites:
-Wash and halve petite red or yukon gold potatoes
-Heat Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a pan that will be big enough for the potatoes you're cooking (cover the bottom of the pan with oil)
-Coursely chop a few cloves of garlic and add to the oil
-Add some rosemary to oil (fresh or dry - doesn't matter)
-Add potatoes to oil and let cook with lid on (stirring occasionally) for about 30 minutes or so (until potatoes are tender)
So yummy, so easy and always a big hit!
kswish at 11:13AM on 05/14/07
chunky veggie soup with red skinned potato cubes.
ceforrester at 11:14AM on 05/14/07
It's still a little chilly where I live. I've been dying for some comfort food, as kid my mom made with worlds greatest scalloped potatoes. That's comfort for me...I might just have to make some with some porkchops, before it gets warm again!
Lilartist at 11:30AM on 05/14/07
I am a huge mash potato freak and one of my favorite all time dishes that contains mash potatoes is Shepard's Pie! Delicious!
Sarah P. at 11:34AM on 05/14/07
Yeah! Shepherds pie! Also sausage and mash with red onion gravy. The world's best comfort foods.
caley at 11:38AM on 05/14/07
I Love Love Love mashed potatoes-when the butter has melted and it is so comforting!
Kmichelle at 11:47AM on 05/14/07
One, single potato dish to top all others? I don't think I could do that.. I love potatoes far, far too much... Gnocchi, latkes, pierogi, sweet potato fries, mashed, scalloped... There are probably very few ways I /wouldn't/ eat a potato, in fact! :9
myzkyti at 12:35PM on 05/14/07
Too many to choose from, I love them all!! But last night we roasted a chicken in the oven with potatoes underneath it. Probably not the healthiest way to serve them but they were so good cooking in all the chicken fat.
Sarahrm at 12:36PM on 05/14/07
Roasted, baked, mashed, chipped -- all wonderful! We make our own oven fries, and enjoy them spiced with lots of black pepper, kosher salt and hot paprika.
hereandthe at 2:50PM on 05/14/07
latkes, coarsely ground, dipped in cold apple sauce
kqrbob at 3:09PM on 05/14/07
Try sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered the long way. Sprinkle with olive oil, and coat with a spice mix of your choice. I like to combine cumin, paprika, cardamom, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Roast in a 375 degree oven for 35-45 minutes, depending on your oven and the potato size. Delicious!
Mich23 at 4:44PM on 05/14/07
either my moms roasted sweet potatoes or classic garlic mashed potatoes with the red skin still on 'em. Yuuuuum.
lashes457 at 5:07PM on 05/14/07
Pomme Soufle
They are like potato blimps, light, full of air.
SkinnyFatty at 5:19PM on 05/14/07
I boil a few cloves of garlic with redskins (skin on), it gets mellow and sweet and almost gives it a roasted garlic flavor. Then I add gorgonzola, butter, lots of salt and pepper and sourcream or heavy cream. It's basically my favorite food in the entire world.
It KILLS me that my fiance is a "rice eater"
I just can not understand how someone could prefer rice to potatoes, I just can't.
MML at 6:15PM on 05/14/07
Plain baked russet or sweet potato
JEP at 6:37PM on 05/14/07
I'll even eat the things raw, just peeled and rinsed in ice-cold water.
I've developed an oven-roasted potato salad even people who say they don't like potato salad have said they liked. I include chunks of fresh kielbasa that's been simmered in beer, grilled onions, roasted bell peppers, and a dressing made of Hellman's, horseradish mustard and a couple other ingredients.
LunaPierCook at 7:25PM on 05/14/07
Double baked potatoes or potato skins (yes the kind from places like TGIF). I do not like mashed potatoes alone but love them in a pie like a mexican pie.
to MML, I absolutely prefer rice to potatoes. Maybe it is because i am asian. Lol
spaghetti at 8:32PM on 05/14/07
Baked potato. Finished in a real oven, so the skin becomes crisp.
baboo at 10:23PM on 05/14/07
Baked, mashed, hash browns, roasted, pan seared with bacon and scallions....OMG I love potatoes, I would eat them with ham I would eat them with Sam...you get the picture
JerzeeTomato at 10:59PM on 05/14/07
All... I love potatoes, my father, when I was little, called potato, as I was eating so many, and I liked them...
I love potatoes: it's my comfort food, my chic food, my everything!
Sara - Piperita at 2:06AM on 05/15/07
I can imagine if I had a couple of truffles that I would make Truffled Mashed Potatoes. Oh, if only I had my very own forrest and pig.
Steamy Kitchen at 2:07AM on 05/15/07
I would eat them with a fox,
I would eat them in a box.
I would eat them here or there,
I would eat them ANYWHERE!
(As long as there's no garlic!)
[My appologies to Ted Geisel and his heirs.]
Calichef at 2:15AM on 05/15/07
au gratin.
DaveFaris at 2:50AM on 05/15/07
Greek potatoes...Spices, tomatoes, onions, green peppers and potatoes. The ultimate comfort food!
pageycooks at 7:44AM on 05/15/07
LunaPierCook....would you share your recipe? That sounds yummy!
mepolo at 9:00AM on 05/15/07
mepolo, my Michigan Cuisine site was dead as a doornail yesterday or I'd have included the link. Now that the site's up again, here 'tis:
Dave's German-Polish Roasted Potato Salad
You may need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the recipe.
LunaPierCook at 9:46AM on 05/15/07
People saying they don't like potato salad is like saying they don't like pie. Somewhere out there, there surely is one kind they'll like. I once read somewhere that every good cook has at least three potato salad recipes. That's pretty arbitrary, but after mumble-mumble years of cooking, I realize I have four that I can make at the drop of a hat. (And plenty more actual recipes in the kitchen library that used to be my pantry.
BTW, there's a restaurant in St. Louis called Annie Gunn's that always has at least 8 potato preparations on its menu.
lemons at 9:51AM on 05/15/07
lemons, while you're right about people saying that while not actually meaning it, I've learned their problem is more likely that they've had that one kind of potato salad at family reunions or from Kroger for their entire life, and they really don't know there are more varieties out there. Unfortunately, their mind is solidly set that way, and you can't convince them otherwise without begging, "Come on, you'll like this one!"
LunaPierCook at 10:38AM on 05/15/07
roasted sweet potato wedges with homemade honey mustard. or potato gnocchi with pesto...or chive mashed potatoes....or potato-filled Indian samosas..or greasy diner hash browns...seriously, anything WITH potatoes is my favorite!
à la mode at 2:24PM on 05/15/07
Potatoes. Diced. Duck fat. An oven. 20-25 minutes. Some garlic. Some parsley. A little salt. Happy Kitchenbeard.
kitchenbea at 4:39PM on 05/15/07
Thanks LunaPierCook....I just printed it...can't wait to try it! :-)
mepolo at 1:16PM on 05/16/07
Definitely a tie between Garlic Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes and Sweet Potato fries. Yum!
Anybody have a good recipe for potatoes au gratin, though?
anastasia7173 at 2:37PM on 05/16/07