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Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?

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

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What is/are your favorite crockpot/slow-cooker dish(es)?

I like to make a "Spaghetti Pot Roast". All you really need to do is toss everything you would use to make spaghetti sauce into the crock pot with a roast and let 'er rip. Just serve over cooked pasta, and it's yum-o! I've never tried it with ready-made spaghetti sauce, but I bet it would still be fantastic. You would probably just want to add peppers, onions, mushrooms, etc. (whatever you want, really) for texture. So good!

I also use my slow cooker for party dips like salsa and queso, chorizo chicken cheese dip, etc.

kswish at 10:06PM on 05/11/07

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What would you never eat?

I'll try anything once, but I will never eat tapioca pudding again! I guess it's a texture thing. I also will never eat brains or gopher again...yuck. I don't know how I was ever convinced to eat them in the first place. It was definitely a dare of some kind...

kswish at 8:03AM on 05/10/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?

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

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?

Thanks LunaPierCook....I just printed it...can't wait to try it! :-)

mepolo at 1:16PM on 05/16/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?

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

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?

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

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?

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

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite potato dish?

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

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