What is your favorite way to prepare potatoes? Mine are Potato Pancakes. How about you?

[debm55]

[Traildogbob]

1. Ummmm!

Recipe please. Sounds great.

[debm55]

6. My grandmother taught me. I don't have a recipe. Let me look on line and see if there is one similar to mine. Some

people make them with left over mashed potatoes. I make mine with home shredded potatoes.

[Traildogbob]

13. You rock.

Potatoes and beans may be the only food source we can afford. So all variations of both will be necessary. Hard beans and a crockpot with potatoes in all forms are very inexpensive, for now.
I will google your fav potatoes and get to learning.
God bless the knowledge passed on from our elders. As spring approaches Ramps are popping up in the forests here in WNC. And Ramps with potatoes are soooooo good. The ramps are free, just gotta hike to em and dig em. The ramps & eggs are going to be
Outta budget these days .
Thanks for starting the conversation, I’m gonna enjoy the variations for potatoes the DU family share from this post.

[BigMin28]

28. Fried potatoes

Pinto beans that have simmered all day and corn bread. That is a comfort meal.

[debm55]

31. Very good. BigMin28. Enjoy.

[debm55]

34. Thank you very much, Traildogbob.

[sop]

2. Scalloped, with lots of cheese.

[debm55]

7. Thank you sop. Enjoy.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Always clean / wash my 5 or 10 pound bag of potatoes when I get, and then bake all of them in the oven, so they're

all baked and done w/ for later use. That way, I can use for making hash browns (one of my fav), or just a baked potato for our dinner, or a potato casserole, scalloped potatoes, etc. the possibilities are endless!

[debm55]

8. Thank you SWBTATTReg . That is very good way of doing. Enjoy.

[Ocelot II]

4. Cooked. Raw ones are nasty. Otherwise I love potatoes no matter how they're prepared.

If cheese is involved they're even better.

[debm55]

9. Thank you Ocelot II

[LoisB]

5. Any way except scalloped. Fried with onions is my usual go to.

[debm55]

10. Thank you LoisB. I like fried also.

[SWinter]

11. Yum!

I don’t prepare them, but a local restaurant in my area deep fries baked potato skins with a little potato left on the skins. They serve with sour cream/ketchup. So good!

[debm55]

66. That sounds so good SWinter. And welcome to DU

[SWinter]

73. Thank you Deb!

I’m very glad to be here.

[Emile]

12. French Fries

[debm55]

30. Yes, the one and only. French Fries. made at home and not frozen fries.

[pandr32]

14. Potatoes are so versatile. I love all ways. Mashed, baked, scalloped, etc.

We have hash-browns the most often, though, fried in olive oil with caramelized onion pieces and chili salt. We also have no egg shortage here on Hawaii Island. so, hash browns, fresh eggs, homemade toast, and my husband has bacon (I am vegetarian). About twice a week.

A Spanish tortilla is great, too. It is made from gold potatoes sliced and slowly poached in olive oil with eggs added at the end and cut in wedges. Delicious! It is worth the time to make.

[debm55]

27. Thank you pandr32. My mouth is watering.

[Dorothy V]

15. REAL Home Fries!

Sliced russet taters with onions fried in drippings in an iron skillet. Salt and pepper. Larrupin!

[debm55]

26. The best type --made from the heart and soul.. Thank you Dorothy V.

[boonecreek]

16. Mashed

With lots of gravy. 😋

[debm55]

25. Thank you booknecreek. Love it.

[PJMcK]

17. Hasselback potatoes

They're a bit of work but well worth the effort.

[debm55]

24. Wow, those look delicious. Thank you very much. PJMcK .

[CrispyQ]

32. I took the time to make those for a party once & it was one of the first dishes gone.

I used medium sized red potatoes. They are quite impressive looking, too!

[debm55]

67. Thank you CrispyQ. I bet they were the hit of the party.

[electric_blue68]

80. Ah, I first saw these on line several years ago. They looked pretty, fun, and yummy!

[applegrove]

18. Vichyssoise.

[debm55]

23. Thank you very much applegrove. Enjoy your Vichyssoise.

[beemerphill]

19. Fried

They are good fried several different ways, but the best is to wash them, keep the skins on, slice them about 3/16 thick, season with Nature's Seasoning, and fry them in Conola oil (Coconut oil is better). When they get about halfway cooked, put the lid on the pan, let them brown a bit, take them out, and enjoy them hot. I prefer a bit of ketchup, but they are great without it too.

[debm55]

22. Thank you very much beemerphill. That sounds great. Enjoy.

[Different Drummer]

20. Pancakes here as well.

[debm55]

21. Thank you Different Drummer. Enjoy

[SheltieLover]

29. Mashed, double baked, French fries...

Potato salad, chips... did I miss any?

[CrispyQ]

33. For you, fellow spud lover!

[SheltieLover]

37. Yummy!

Works for me! Oh, I forgot Potatoes O'brien, cubed in veg soup, & scalloped.

[CrispyQ]

42. And potato soup. One of my faves.

[SheltieLover]

57. Sounds delic!

[debm55]

68. You really have a list, SheltieLover.

[debm55]

56. Thank you SheltieLover. YUMMY

[debm55]

58. Great choices, SheltieLover.

[catbyte]

35. Mashed with butter and cream. And if I'm feeling "extra," I add horseradish.

[debm55]

59. Great way to prepare. Thank you catbyte.

[Submariner]

36. Fried russet potato slices

Boil potato until soft. With skin on, make quarter-inch thick slices and fry in an iron skillet in a pool of bubbling bacon fat. Lightly salt, so as not to mask the bacon fat flavor when eating with your bacon and eggs.

If clogged arteries are a concern, an air fryer might work.

[debm55]

60. Oh that sounds so good. Thank you Submariner.

[Basso8vb]

38. Baked in the air fryer.

So delicious.

[womanofthehills]

63. I love my air fryer

I use ghee, olive oil or beef tallow.

Homemade fries and hashbrowns - you only have to stir them once in an air fryer.

[debm55]

65. Thank you very much Basso8vb. YUMMY.

[Jilly_in_VA]

39. Baked

and preferably loaded.

[debm55]

69. Thank you Jilly_in _VA. I like them loaded too.

[Srkdqltr]

40. Cooked. Anyway.

[Clouds Passing]

41. POTATO PANCAKES 🥔 🥞

[debm55]

70. Thank you very much. I like mine with applesauce or sour cream.

[Morbius]

43. My favorite thing involving potatoes.

It's a pie. First, buy a Pillsbury pie crust from the refrigerated section of your local supermarket.

Take the pie crust out of the fridge and toss it onto the counter.
Saute some onions until soft. No need to caramelize, just cooked all the way.
Brown and crumble a chub of sage pork sausage. Mix with the cooked onions.
Boil and mash about 2.5 lb of peeled red potatoes. Go easy on the salt when boiling them, and use a bit less milk than normal.
Preheat over to 400 degrees.
Mix the sausage and onions into the mashed potatoes.
Put one pie crust into a glass pie pan; apply egg wash to interior. Load all that sausage & potatoes & onions into the pie. It's going to look way over full. Don't worry about it.
Top with the other pie crust; crimp edges. Cut half a dozen slits into pie.
Egg wash top of pie.
Bake for 30 minutes with crust protector in place; remove crust protector and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Allow to cool for at least an hour, preferably an hour and twenty minutes.

My mother used to make this; she called it "French Pork Pie". It's a variation of Tourtiere, a French-Canadian thing. She made her own pie crust; I am not that sophisticated and the Pillsbury crust is quite good anyway. Normally, I would make this tomorrow, as tomorrow is Pi day (3.14), but it's a Friday in Lent. I already know I'm going to hell but there's hope for my wife, so tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches it shall be.

There are, of course, lots of other ways I like potatoes. I am surprised no one has yet mentioned potato salad!

[debm55]

64. Thank you for your recipe Morbius.. It sounds wonderful. Yes, potato salad is great and there are so many ways of making

it.

[electric_blue68]

81. How fun is this?! Yummy, savory Potato Pork-Sausage Pie. 👍

🍽 😄

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

93. That looks wonderful. I need to try it. But, what on god's green earth is

"a chub of sage sausage."

[Morbius]

94. Pork sausage is sold in chubs.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

97. I've been known to buy that sausage.

Never knew that packaging was called a chub.

Learn something new.

[JMCKUSICK]

44. I love potato pancakes with applesauce

But my favorite is a over baked potato where the skin is nice and crispy and the sour is soft with butter and sour cream.
Yum

[debm55]

50. Thank you very much John, both are great

[pansypoo53219]

45. good hash browns.

[debm55]

48. Thank you very much pansypoo53219. Hash browns are great.

[underpants]

46. Cannon

[debm55]

47. Thank you very much underpants.

[electric_blue68]

49. Au gratin (w cheese!), pancakes w sour cream, salad/no relish, pickles, or eggs*....

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And a well baked one with a touch of salt, pepper, lots of (salted) butter, and maybe some powdered garlic is welcomed, too.

Of, course, fries are tasty.

*I love hard boiled eggs, but I had no idea anyone put them in potato salad till I was my twenties.

And potato salad with raisins?!!!
Who the heck does that! (shudders!)
😄

[debm55]

62. I never had potato salad with raisins. Mine have diced onion , celery , egg and potatoes. I had German Potato Salad

with bacon. TY

[electric_blue68]

71. I like German Potato salad, too.

[C_U_L8R]

51. Tots

Essentially cuter potato pancakes


ps. it's all about the sauce

[debm55]

52. Thank you C_U_L8R

[greatauntoftriplets]

53. Hash browns.

[debm55]

55. Thank you very much greatauntoftriplets. Hash browns--yummy.

[justaprogressive]

54. Roast potatoes!

yumyumyumyum!

[debm55]

61. Thank you justaprogressive. My mouth is watering.

[Hotler]

72. Oven roasted potatoes. Easy and quick and tasty.

5 medium russet potatoes or your choice, quartered then cut into 1 inch pieces
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning

1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat (or foil, parchment paper). Set aside.
2 In large bowl combine olive oil, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, and Italian seasonings. Stir to combine. Add cut potatoes to bowl.
Toss to combine, making sure that each side of all of the potatoes are coated with the olive oil mixture. Place oiled potatoes on
your prepared baking sheet.
3 Roast for 20 minutes. Flip. Roast for 20-25 more minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender. Serve.

Italian Seasoning = Equal parts dried basil, oregano, rosemary, marjoram, cilantro, thyme. Pinch of red pepper flakes optional

[Cairycat]

74. My son makes the best buttermilk mashed potatoes

sooo good, especially if I've made a good gravy from whatever meat we're having.

But just about any way of cooking potatoes is good.

p.s. at my house, potato salad has lots of eggs, mustard, dill pickles, onion and celery. And the hot potatoes are sprinkled with cider vinegar while the other ingredients are prepped.

[debm55]

105. Thank you Cairycat. Your potato salad sounds like mine. Your son's butttermilk potatoes sound wonderful.

[MustLoveBeagles]

75. I love Potatoes AuGratin

And Potato soup 🍲

[debm55]

103. Love both of those too. Thank you very much , MustLoveBeagles.

[BOSSHOG]

76. Hash Browns

Scattered, smothered and covered from Waffle House in my olden days 20+ years ago. Hashbrowns with diced tomatoes and onions.

[debm55]

91. Yummy! Thank you BOSSHOG

[enid602]

77. Baked Potato

Baked potato, cooked , cooled and then warmed the next day, with shredded low-fat mozzarella instead of butter and non-fat yogurt instead of sour cream. With chives. With lettuce wedge, low-fat mayo.

[debm55]

90. Great choices for the baked potato., enid602

[displacedvermoter]

78. Poutine

French fries with cheese curds, bacon, and scallions, covered with gravy.

Health food.

[debm55]

89. HAHAHAHAHAHHAH, Very healthy . Thank you displacedvermoter.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

79. I'm Irish.

Every kind of potato is wonderful. Why choose?

[debm55]

88. Thank you . So true. Do you have one special way you like to prepare your potato?

[Aristus]

82. Mashed.

Idaho potatos, milk, butter, salt and pepper, mashed very fine and creamy. Served very hot.

[debm55]

87. Thank you Aristus. Sounds great.

[no_hypocrisy]

83. Depends on the potato.

Idaho Potatoes: Twice-baked with butter, sour cream, and chives

Red Potatoes: Boiled with butter and parsley

Yukon Gold: Garlic Mashed

[debm55]

84. Thank you very much , no_hypocrisy for your delicious choices.

[no_hypocrisy]

85. As of interest . . . . .

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Potato-Book-Hundreds-Cookbooks/dp/0060096756/ref=asc_df_0060096756?mcid=f109e4a9130831a78b76b64031639ecf&hvocijid=1841076662528725852-0060096756-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1841076662528725852&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003607&hvtargid=pla-2281435176698&psc=1

[debm55]

86. Thank you very much, no_hyocriscy.

[GP6971]

92. Boiled, then under the broiler.

Soak quartered potatoes one hour in salted water along with 2 cloves of garlic quartered . The slow boil until somewhat soft. Drain, dry and brush lightly with olive oil....salt and pepper. Broil on low 7 - 10 minutes depending on size. I prefer leaving skin on, but it can be done either way.

[debm55]

102. Thank you very much GP6971. They sound great. Enjoy.

[Figarosmom]

95. American fries

With hot peppers.

[debm55]

99. Thank you very much Figarosmom. Sounds very good.

[Wolf Frankula]

96. 3 ways.

Chopped cooked potatoes with rosemary and garlic, mashed potatoes or French fries.

Wolf

[debm55]

98. Thank you very much Wolf. Three great ways to prepare the potato.

[ProfessorGAC]

100. Two Different Ways

I make a steak fry that is parboiled in saffron water. Then, they're cooled and dried, cut into think sticks and fried in a butter/lard combo. Seasoned with garlic salt, paprika, & white pepper.
The other was is a puree with saffron & heavy cream. Seasoned the same way, but I add a little cinnamon plus, some chives & scallions.
I plan to try okonomiyaki, which is a Japanese pancake that is often made with potato flour. Has scallions in it, so my wife & would probably love it.

[debm55]

101. Everything sounds delicious. You are a creative cook. Thank you Professor GAC.

[TommieMommy]

104. Love baked potato with lots of butter and some cheddar cheese