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[ZedClampet]

Mashed Potatoes
peeled potatoes
boiled
add milk
mashed

Baked Potatoes
unpeeled potatoes
baked
rubbed with oil and salted (before baking)
not mashed

If they were the same thing, there'd be no need for 2 lists.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

If you arent putting salt and butter in your mashed potatoes Im not sure youre doing it right either.

I admit Ive never not peeled the potatoes before mashing, but now I'm kind of interested to see what thats like.

 

[February's Ghost]

If they were the same thing, there'd be no need for 2 lists.

Man, people who need lists to cook are just the worst.

 

[ZedClampet]

Man, people who need lists to cook are just the worst.

Putting aside the fake outrage for a minute, homestyle mashed potatoes are fine. It just irritates me that this is all that my preferred grocery sells. I'd much rather just microwave mashed potatoes than actually cook them

 

[Pifanjr]

If you arent putting salt and butter in your mashed potatoes Im not sure youre doing it right either.

I admit Ive never not peeled the potatoes before mashing, but now I'm kind of interested to see what thats like.

It's like orange juice with or without pulp. It's almost the same yet an entirely different experience at the same time.

I don't peel my potatoes before mashing simply because I don't have the energy for it any more. It still tastes better than premade stuff from the store. But then I try to buy as few premade things from the store in general.

 

[ZedClampet]

If you arent putting salt and butter in your mashed potatoes Im not sure youre doing it right either.

I admit Ive never not peeled the potatoes before mashing, but now I'm kind of interested to see what thats like.

I was listing the differences, not the recipes. You put salt and butter on both mashed potatoes and baked potatoes.

Edit: Why am I using my phone? It keeps "correcting" normal words.

 

[BeardyHat]

Either those beers are WAY stronger than I'm thinking, which is unlikely given America's very weak alcohol level laws for beer, or you had a LOT of them. My point is, a whole week ought to be enough to recover. Just lay down and elevate your legs regularly. Another thing that helps that I learned from when I was in track eons ago, is to do a lactic acid massage on your legs. You do this by raking your muscles with your fingertips, applying firm pressure. You want to pull up toward your torso on your calves and quads. This can also improve circulation, which can help alleviate pain from inflammation. Treating inflammation with Ibuprofen is like a vicious cycle. You end up needing more and more of it as your body becomes less effected by it, and it is hard on your stomach.

Thanks for the advice.

It's less that I need a week to recover from the night out, in fact, I'm actually mostly fine for having only had about 3-hours of sleep. It's just that alcohol and beer more aggressively, really F's up my sleep. I try not to drink too much for this exact reason, because I just can't sleep and it means a bad day the next day. As for the beers, I only had 4, but they three were 7.2% ABV and one was 6%; I usually prefer to drink 5% or lower, but it was a night out and I was trying to also maximize my dollars...

As for the knees, that's just normal for me. I've had arthritis in them since I was a teenager and standing for hours to watch bands play is just hell on them, not the least of which was because I was wearing boots since it was rainy.

Not really.

Anyway, when making homemade mashed potatoes my family has never peeled the potatoes before mashing them up. But I guess some of are heathens and some of us are not.

I made Corned Beef Hash this morning, chopped the potatoes up real small and my oldest still had a meltdown that there was skin on them. Honestly, if he'd just said, "No thanks Dad, I just want my egg and toast", I'd have said, "Cool" and left it at that, but given that he was having such a freakout, I made him try it before he could leave the table and do what he wanted to do. His final verdict: "Disgusting".

Of course, when potatoes and beef are in fry or hamburger form, no issues...

I'd actually prefer to just leave the skins on when I make Mashed 'Taters, but then he won't eat it. But it feels wasteful to skin them and I'm also lazy.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Thanks for the advice.

It's less that I need a week to recover from the night out, in fact, I'm actually mostly fine for having only had about 3-hours of sleep. It's just that alcohol and beer more aggressively, really F's up my sleep. I try not to drink too much for this exact reason, because I just can't sleep and it means a bad day the next day. As for the beers, I only had 4, but they three were 7.2% ABV and one was 6%; I usually prefer to drink 5% or lower, but it was a night out and I was trying to also maximize my dollars...

As for the knees, that's just normal for me. I've had arthritis in them since I was a teenager and standing for hours to watch bands play is just hell on them, not the least of which was because I was wearing boots since it was rainy.



I made Corned Beef Hash this morning, chopped the potatoes up real small and my oldest still had a meltdown that there was skin on them. Honestly, if he'd just said, "No thanks Dad, I just want my egg and toast", I'd have said, "Cool" and left it at that, but given that he was having such a freakout, I made him try it before he could leave the table and do what he wanted to do. His final verdict: "Disgusting".

Of course, when potatoes and beef are in fry or hamburger form, no issues...

I'd actually prefer to just leave the skins on when I make Mashed 'Taters, but then he won't eat it. But it feels wasteful to skin them and I'm also lazy.

I've never been bothered by potato skins in mash, and I love my baked russets with crispy skin. Potato skins are also a great snack if cooked crispy. Hell, a ton of the nutrition in a potato is in the skin. Kids just don't get it apparently.

 

[BeardyHat]

I've never been bothered by potato skins in mash, and I love my baked russets with crispy skin, and potato skins are also a great snack if cooked crispy. Hell, a ton of the nutrition in a potato is in the skin, Kids just don't get it apparently.

Yesterday my youngest cried and refused to eat the sausage I made for him because it had egg yolk on it.

He like's egg yolk & sausage, but mixed together is just a no-go, I guess.

 

[Pifanjr]

Hell, a ton of the nutrition in a potato is in the skin.

As far as I understand it this is one of those fun facts that got blown way out of proportion. Potato skin has a bit more fiber than the flesh of the potato, but is otherwise nutritionally pretty much the same.

 

[Frag Maniac]

As far as I understand it this is one of those fun facts that got blown way out of proportion. Potato skin has a bit more fiber than the flesh of the potato, but is otherwise nutritionally pretty much the same.

Depends where you look I guess. https://www.google.com/search?q=do+potato+skins+have+more+nutrition+than+the+rest+of+the+potato?&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1089US1089&oq=do+potato+skins+have+more+nutrition+than+the+rest+of+the+potato?&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCjMyNzYwajBqMTWoAgiwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

There is info out there that says the skins are rich in B vitamins, iron, and antioxidants.

 

[Rolfil]

You can make mashed potatoes and potato skins at the same time. Bake the potatoes then scoop out the centre and pass through a fine sieve. Add butter and milk to the mash to get the taste and consistency you wish.

FYI - I only know this from watching professional chefs use this method on TV. Personally I don't add salt to anything I cook.

 

[Frag Maniac]

You can make mashed potatoes and potato skins at the same time. Bake the potatoes then scoop out the centre and pass through a fine sieve. Add butter and milk to the mash to get the taste and consistency you wish.

FYI - I only know this from watching professional chefs use this method on TV. Personally I don't add salt to anything I cook.

I also recommend putting the skins under a broiler skin side down just long enough to brown the flesh, especially if you like ketchup on your skins!

 

[Frindis]

As a professional couch Masterchef for 35 years, I can vouch for tatoes. Just noticed @Rolfil is also a watcher, so I guess that makes us both professionals.

 

[Frag Maniac]

As a professional couch Masterchef for 35 years, I can vouch for tatoes. Just noticed @Rolfil is also a watcher, so I guess that makes us both professionals.

I watch the US Masterchef show regularly, and am blown away by what many of the kids can do on Masterchef Junior, but sadly it hasn't made me a master chef. I mean I can cook lamb loin chops on a Breville grill to perfection. I also make a pretty decent shrimp and rice meal with red Argentine shrimp where I make a nice sauce to drizzle over them using the olive oil they're cooked in that mixes nicely with the seasoning I put on them and juices from sauteing the shells in the same pan, with a squirt of lemon to add flavor and make the pan easier to deglaze (you know it's going to be good when it takes on just the right red color). I also used to make some nice soups from scratch, that were well received and quickly devoured at pot lucks. I also made what I referred to as Enchalittos for one pot luck, which were supposed to be Enchiladas but I couldn't find any large corn tortillas so substituted flour tortillas. I made my own refried beans from scratch (first time I'd done that), and added a sweet potato and a bit of brown sugar. It mixed nicely with the enchilada sauce and the tartness of the cheddar cheese, kind of sweet and savory. One night I made a spur of the moment beef pot roast with potatoes, onions, and carrots meal in a small pressure cooker I had when one of my neighbors asked me to cook a roast he bought for him, his friend, his mom, and myself. It was by far the best pot roast I'd ever had, and my friend and even his mom admitted it was better than any pot roast she'd made. I'd snagged the pressure cooker years ago at a swap meet. It was the old kind with no pressure gauge and a more safe oval type lid (I mean, no gauge, it BETTER be safer somehow, right). That hardly makes me a master chef, but it's enough to give you a lot of good memories and remind you that despite losing your mom and only sister when you were only 9, you're still capable of cooking for yourself, and even others.


With all the game videos I've done, none come close to the views this clip got, where I captured Gordon Ramsey making easy work of filleting a salmon. Now while that big boy likely wouldn't look nearly as "stunning" were I to try to fillet it, I HAVE for a neighbor once filleted a small trout she wanted to cook for her and her boyfriend. It wasn't in the freshest condition, as is often the case with freshwater fish in grocery stores (easy to bruise them if you're not careful), and the bones are also very pliable and sometimes hard to get all out in one skeleton, but I managed pretty quickly. They stood there watching closely as if I was dissecting something in Biology class going, wow! LOL

 

[Zloth]

Mashed Potatoes
Bring about a cup of water to a boil
Turn off heat and add potato powder
Add butter, salt, and pepper
Stir
Repeat last two steps until you feel guilty
Enjoy!

 

[February's Ghost]

Nice talk, but twice baked potatoes is really where it's at.

 

[Frindis]

I had burgers with fries yesterday. I blame you guys and all the talk about tatoes. Today I am having cauliflower soup to compensate.