The food thread

[nezbleu]

Slide a little something in between the slices.

Minced herbs mixed with butter, Parmesan on top. Lovely.

 

[nezbleu]

I am also fond of "instant" baked potato. Wash a russet or other baking potato, pierce with a fork in a few places, place in microwave on high for 4-5 minutes. Remove from MW (careful, it's hot!), brush with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt, put in hot conventional (or convection) oven for 15 minutes. That gets the outside nice and crispy.

 

[KaffiMann]

Hey Cal, I think you forgot to have some nice slices of bacon on the side. And an egg, with some bacon fried into it.
Looks über tasty!

 

[tobydog]

I am also fond of "instant" baked potato. Wash a russet or other baking potato, pierce with a fork in a few places, place in microwave on high for 4-5 minutes. Remove from MW (careful, it's hot!), brush with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt, put in hot conventional (or convection) oven for 15 minutes. That gets the outside nice and crispy.

Ditto. with some garlic and chopped rosemary from the garden

 

[billshurv]

for instant you can also get frozen prebaked potato that you just nuke in the microwave. it will be a sad day when I get tempted to buy those...

 

[mountainman bob]

Here they are going in, just trying a green onion/garlic butter run first to get a feel b4 I go full bacon on it. Will have a update pic in about 45 min.

 

[hitsware]

Just microwave , plenty of salt , pepper , butter , and sour creme does it for me .

 

[mountainman bob]

I gotta tell ya.......pretty dang good.

Maybe a hour @ 400 next time instead of 45 min, or maybe 45 @ 425?

Anyways here it is coming out, sprinkled a little pecorino Romano on at the last few minutes.
And then plated up.

 

[nezbleu]

for instant you can also get frozen prebaked potato that you just nuke in the microwave. it will be a sad day when I get tempted to buy those...

Yeah, my version is as close to "instant" as I get.
Pro tip: If you are baking potatoes, always cook extra. It takes the same amount of time and you know you will eat one for lunch, or cut one up and fry it with bacon and onions, or eat one while staring into the fridge wondering what to cook...

 

[cogitech]

Liver n' onions, with a big side of roasted vegetables tonight. I feel nourished.

 

[DPH]

We do the nuked potatoes (yukon golds) then finish thing, but cut them in half first. Microwave 5-8 min, score surface/add butter, then grill. Staple in these parts.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Nice plating Bob. Simple yes but it always tastes better when it looks good.

 

[tobydog]

for instant you can also get frozen prebaked potato that you just nuke in the microwave. it will be a sad day when I get tempted to buy those...

Smash

Smash them all to bits....

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[Cal Weldon]

Here we called potatoes that you leave the peels on and add raw onions, butter and chives before you squash them, smashed potatoes. No smooshing too much, they Should resemble what they started as, just heavy abused. My favourite over mashed potatoes everytime.

 

[billshurv]

Pro tip: If you are baking potatoes, always cook extra

easier said than done with many mouths to feed!

Liver n' onions, with a big side of roasted vegetables tonight. I feel nourished.

Yum. The one thing that would tempt be back to being a carnivore.

 

[cogitech]

I'm an omnivore.

I wonder why "they" (whoever they may be) chose the word "vegetarian" over the word "vegevore".

 

[billshurv]

Well omnivore vs herbivore indicates evolutionary traits to deal with a particular diet rather than a conscious choice that the modern age of plenty (and belly) allows, even though checking the etymology suggests you could use it for the latter case.


Go figure.

 

[nezbleu]

Back on the potato theme, we had some leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge that needed eating, so for lunch today I diced a small onion and sauteed it in olive oil with a bit of chopped pancetta, mixed that with the leftover mash plus an egg and a shake of spice, oops too goopy so a couple tablespoons of flour, formed into thick "pancakes" dredged in flour so they wouldn't stick too much, fried them in butter, ate the result with some green tomato chow. Yum.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Sounds good Nez.

 

[billshurv]

Just needed some cabbage and would be traditional British bubble and squeak.