Monday 4th May ... Potatoes .. Hmmmm are they ...

no, I don't have the time

I think the little Irish blood I got in me is ALL about potatoes! lol

Blingy, Shephards Pie - is made from minced Lamb

Cottage Pie - is made from minced beef

So in mine -Cottage Pie, I use minced steak, with ingredients, of carrots, peas, mushrooms, nothing fancy and of course mash potatoes on the top, my DH likes grated cheese on top of the potatoes as well, but you can add anything you like, onions, peppers, celery, whatever you like. We like ours spinkled with Yorkshire Relish ( not sure what your equivalent would be) not forgetting the gravy

Aye Minty .. to be sure to be sure

I wouldn't even know HOW to make a hashbrown Minty!

MP .. I know Nan would mince up the leftovers from the Roast Lamb .. hmmm relish .. I wonder if she used relish .. I'll have to give that a try

Thank you sooo much

Lol my recipes aren't really recipes, more like concepts since I don't measure anything nor do I make things exactly the same way twice but here is the idea

Cowboy Potatoes

Mixed veggies (I use a combo of green beans, peas, carrots, corn usually, they should be bite sized or smaller, steamed)
Potatoes (a little more potato than veggies in quantity, I peel and boil Russets, when very done pour off water and shake over flame so they're nice and mealy)
Sour cream or regular cream or both
Equal parts extra sharp cheddar cheese and pepper jack cheese (the pepper jack is essential)

After the potatoes are done stir in the cheeses and cream, stir roughly or even mash a bit but don't totally kill the lumps, make sure it's a very creamy mixture, I mean that there's plenty of the dairy stuff to accommodate the veggies too. Then carefully stir in the veggies and voila!

Dang I love these threads Blingy!

Mmm...taters - I can eat them any way you want to make them. And if you don't feel like making them...that's okay, too coz I like them raw as well!! Mmm....taters good!

I love finding new food stuff

Thanky for the recipe .. Mr Blingy is a sour cream fan .. so I'll try them out on him

ooo that's 2 for raw potatoes ... just .. not my cup of tea .. raw ... I mean RAW ...

I've eaten them raw for as long as I can remember.
I remember my Grandma sitting me on the counter while she peeled them and she'd always peel one for me to eat while I watched her get the meals ready.

Grandma how could you!!!

My Nan always told me off if I tried to eat the potatoes raw!

Love potatoes any which way I can Havn't yet met a potato that I will refuse

I figure it's no different than eating raw carrots, radishes or any other type of raw veggie...as long as they're washed.

A woman after my own heart peps

Oh that's a good point .. I wish I'd thought of that when I was a kid ... ohhh .. why didn't I know you when I was a kid shuttle!!!

I could have been eating raw potatoes for many a year!

Just call me Ms Potato Head or potato face or potato belly or potato person any shape, size, colour, pontiacs, crystals at the moment I am into Kipfler . I love them all

except raw

My fav potatoes are any of the red skinned ones Grum

I never ever ever get sick of potatoes !

another fave: fully loaded baked potato soup

My favorite way to have potatoes? Up until a few years ago, it would have been distilled.

Today it's potato soup with ham and onion.

Baked potato soup That combines two loves of mine potatoes and soup

Minty .. how would I go about making this fabo combination?

HI Blingy,
I slice the potatoes into rounds, and also slice some onions up and I fry them with lots of salt and pepper....I fry them in olive oil. I put a lid on while they are cooking.
That way they get tender while they are browning nicely. Yummy
Our scalloped potatoes are diff than the ones mentioned earlier: Slice potatoes and slice onions. Butter a casserole dish and put the potatoes in flat like a layer.
put little pats of butter and slivers of onions scattered about. Then, make a gravy, or roux out of milk and butter or regular oil and milk. Like a white milk gravy. I also add a little garlic powder and celery salt. continue with layers as before and then pour gravy over all. Set on a pan as it can bubble over. Cook on med + for at least an hour. You can also substitute Celery soup instead of the gravy. We usually have it with ham.
Sweet potatoes (the orange ones). I usually buy them canned just to save time.
I put a little butter and some dark brown sugar and a little bit of cinnamon and melt it all together. Then, I put drained potatoes in a casserole, pour the sugar mixture over it and add lots of pecans, chopped or whole and then bake ina med oven for 20 - 30 min....then I top with marshmellows and put under broiler (WATCH CLOSELY) till brown about 2-4 min.