Dishes that were once popular but hard to find now

[PJay]

Really?

Really.

 

[migtig]

I make them once a week and use the entire bag for just two people. I'm always saying side dish for meatloaf, topper for cottage pie, etc but the next day there's never any left. I make really good mashed potatoes.

We never have left over mashed potatoes either. Must be a Southern thing.

 

[KDENISE977]

We never have left over mashed potatoes either. Must be a Southern thing.

IKR... that's like having left over beer

 

[lovinmaryland]

My mom use to make huge batches from scratch because my dad liked "tater cakes" the next day, I hated them. They were basically fried mashed potatoes, pancake shape and size.

I add cheese to my leftover mashed taters (if there are any) and then fry them like that and serve w/ a salsa crema OMG soooo good!

 

[migtig]

IKR... that's like having left over beer

Exactly.

 

[lovinmaryland]

IKR... that's like having left over beer

Depends on what type of beer I guess I kid you not some one posted a free case of miller lite bottles on one of those freecycle facebook pages a couple weeks back (you know those sites I could list a lump of dog crap and within 5 minutes it would have 30 comments from people who were interested) I swear that case of beer sat there for a good hour before anyone said they wanted it. Most people commented they wouldn't even drink that #### for free

 

[PeoplesElbow]

I make really good mashed potatoes.

You have me intrigued, how do you make them?

 

[KDENISE977]

You have me intrigued, how do you make them?

For thanksgiving. I make the low fat version Heavy cream rather than milk, half butter and half cream cheese top with butter dots and bake after mashing Once and only once a year !!!

 

[Bann]

Wow two people eat 5 lbs of potatoes?

Is that excessive?

I'd say its a lot.

We never have left over mashed potatoes either. Must be a Southern thing.

Really? 5 lbs. of mashed potatoes for just 2 people and you have no left overs? I rarely make them anymore because they're a starchy veg and we don't eat a lot of them, but it does seem like a lot to me.

Are you sure it's not a 3lb. bag?

 

[PeoplesElbow]

It's a four pound bag. I do a lot of cooking and a good portion of it is frozen and taken to my oldest son. I'll fix an entire bag of potatoes once a week because they're always a side for something I've fixed for him. So at least four good sized portions are already tucked away before they become "leftovers" earmarked for something like cottage pie. Once in a while they make they actually make it to the cottage pie. More often that that either my youngest or I have picked at them over the course of a day or two and they're gone.

Oh ok, I was picturing two people sitting at a table with a huge bowl of mashed potatoes each eating them. That makes a lot more sense.

 

[Bann]

It's a four pound bag. I do a lot of cooking and a good portion of it is frozen and taken to my oldest son. I'll fix an entire bag of potatoes once a week because they're always a side for something I've fixed for him. So at least four good sized portions are already tucked away before they become "leftovers" earmarked for something like cottage pie. Once in a while they make they actually make it to the cottage pie. More often that that either my youngest or I have picked at them over the course of a day or two and they're gone.

OH! Well, that's different! I thought it was all at one meal.