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cawhite Jan 11, 2011 7:31 pm
Twice baked

Originally Posted by missydarlin (Post 15635404)
...Peasant food my a$$...
:D Well said, as usual.

missydarlin Jan 11, 2011 7:41 pm
Originally Posted by ILuvParis (Post 15636934)
Mashed potatoes without gravy are boring.
my mother's mashed potatos are boring. But they don't have to be!

Bwillis Jan 11, 2011 7:42 pm
First choice is oven baked
Second " Nuked " microwaved
Third Steak Fries

And as Starwood Lurker said Mashed with Chicken Fried Steak

BW

cawhite Jan 11, 2011 7:49 pm
Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker (Post 15634372)
... If I am having a chicken-fried steak, it's mashed potatoes...
It shouldn't be legal to serve CFS any other way. (Goes without saying there must also be gravy.) Yummo. :)

cotter77 Jan 11, 2011 7:52 pm
Originally Posted by Rejuvenated (Post 15630757)
Potatoes are often a compliment for steak dishes. Mashed or baked seem to be the most common ones. I prefer mashed potato for my steak if both choices are presented as options. What about about you?
prefer to crumple your TP or fold your TP?

GadgetFreak Jan 11, 2011 8:26 pm
Originally Posted by SamCat (Post 15632037)
I think mashed potatoes are peasant food and a cop-out for todays restaurants.
A few years ago , if you served your guests mashed potatoes it was almost an insult. People enjoyed small baked red potatoes, done in spices or wild rice as a side dish,
Mashed potatoes are cheap and easy to make and to add the word garlic makes them seem exotic, but basically it's just cheap filler food! And usually lumpy!
Restaurants are really capitalizing on this concept but I refuse to accept it.

Should be saved for turkey dinners at Thanksgiving and Christmas, masked with gravy. I whip mine with cream cheese, milk and butter.
Um, next time I am at a restaurant such as one owned by Alain Ducasse, or Joel Robuchon I will point this out ;) This is just so inaccurate. There is even a recipe for mashed potatoes in the cookbook based on Robuchons restaurant in Paris. It is difficult to make them well but when they are made well they are sublime.

As for with steak, I will take German fried or French fries.

mjcewl1284 Jan 11, 2011 8:40 pm
Originally Posted by ILuvParis (Post 15636934)
Mashed potatoes without gravy are boring.
If you ever have a chance to visit L'Atelier De Joel Robuchon, his signature mash (which is without gravy) is absolutely delicious and to die for. I'm pretty sure the way to make them is as top secret as the McDonalds Big Mac Sauce.

ILuvParis Jan 11, 2011 9:14 pm
Originally Posted by mjcewl1284 (Post 15638762)
If you ever have a chance to visit L'Atelier De Joel Robuchon, his signature mash (which is without gravy) is absolutely delicious and to die for. I'm pretty sure the way to make them is as top secret as the McDonalds Big Mac Sauce.
Well, if I had them with foie gras stuffed free-range quail, perhaps. ;)

jbart74 Jan 11, 2011 9:17 pm
Baked w/ butter, sour cream, and a dusting of your best cheese please!

sjeon89 Jan 11, 2011 9:49 pm
Fries>Baked>Mashed for me... and of course, a great steak with a great wine is a must!

tonerman Jan 11, 2011 11:29 pm
Baked potato with steak
Mashed with most other cuts of meat

indianwells Jan 12, 2011 1:32 am
Originally Posted by mjcewl1284 (Post 15638762)
If you ever have a chance to visit L'Atelier De Joel Robuchon, his signature mash (which is without gravy) is absolutely delicious and to die for. I'm pretty sure the way to make them is as top secret as the McDonalds Big Mac Sauce.
Paul Prudhommes mashed potatoes at K-Pauls Louisiana Kitchen in NO are pretty special too!

SamCat Jan 12, 2011 3:16 am
Originally Posted by magiciansampras (Post 15633954)
I'm not following. Aren't rice and red potatoes just as cheap and easy to make as a good mashed potato? :confused:
Not really. You can't make up roasted potatoes or rice a day or two in advance, they will shrivel up, but you can make up mashed potatoes in a big vat, add cream and serve them as fresh for a day or two and get away with it. Hence, they are cheaper to serve and less labour intensive.

GadgetFreak Jan 12, 2011 3:24 am
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Originally Posted by SamCat
Originally Posted by magiciansampras (Post 15633954)
I'm not following. Aren't rice and red potatoes just as cheap and easy to make as a good mashed potato? :confused:
Not really. You can't make up roasted potatoes or rice a day or two in advance, they will shrivel up, but you can make up mashed potatoes in a big vat, add cream and serve them as fresh for a day or two and get away with it. Hence, they are cheaper to serve and less labour intensive.
You can do that with any potato dish in one way or another. What you are basically saying is that crappy mashed potatoes aren't as good as good roast or baked potatoes. That isn't a very reasonable or useful comparison.

follonica2 Jan 12, 2011 6:51 am
Potatoes fried/roasted in some fashion here. In France, aligot.


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