Hasselback Potatoes
Mar 8, 2012 | 6:04 am
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Mrs. Swede and I used to make them. The cutting is the annoying part.
Haven't done it in a while. Maybe we'll do it again. I think our kids would get a kick out of them.
Haven't done it in a while. Maybe we'll do it again. I think our kids would get a kick out of them.
Mar 8, 2012 | 12:20 pm
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If you cut them on a rounded spoon it makes it quicker, as the lip of the spoon acts as a guard to prevent you cutting all the way down.
Mar 8, 2012 | 1:16 pm
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Mar 10, 2012 | 6:08 am
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Oh wait - that was Hasselhoff, not Hasselback. Oops!
Mar 10, 2012 | 7:23 am
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+1, a wooden spoon is by far the best way to simplify the cutting of the potatoes.
Being of Swedish descent, I ate these potatoes often while growing up, but I have to admit that until today I had no idea what they were officially called. We just called them "Swedish potatoes" and my mom used her grandma's recipe (which just called for breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and butter as a topping, delicious!).
Being of Swedish descent, I ate these potatoes often while growing up, but I have to admit that until today I had no idea what they were officially called. We just called them "Swedish potatoes" and my mom used her grandma's recipe (which just called for breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and butter as a topping, delicious!).
Mar 10, 2012 | 5:36 pm
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Mar 10, 2012 | 5:49 pm
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I can't visualize this cutting the potatoes in a wooden spoon.
Do you mean to fit the potato width into the hollow of the spoon and then cut? I can see that if the potato fit into the hollow of the spoon that the outside boundaries of the spoon would prevent the knife from cutting through the entire potato.
But that would have to be a very wide spoon in order for a potato to fit into it.
Or have I misunderstood?
Can't wait to try the potatoes, however. They sound wonderful.
Do you mean to fit the potato width into the hollow of the spoon and then cut? I can see that if the potato fit into the hollow of the spoon that the outside boundaries of the spoon would prevent the knife from cutting through the entire potato.
But that would have to be a very wide spoon in order for a potato to fit into it.
Or have I misunderstood?
Can't wait to try the potatoes, however. They sound wonderful.
Mar 10, 2012 | 5:58 pm
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How to cut videos
Chopsticks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZye0CO6z8g
cutting boards - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXZuQFBV2zo
Wooden spoon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qcteFZkmuc
and my favorite - skewer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7lo...eature=related
Chopsticks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZye0CO6z8g
cutting boards - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXZuQFBV2zo
Wooden spoon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qcteFZkmuc
and my favorite - skewer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7lo...eature=related
Last edited by cordelli; Mar 10, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Mar 10, 2012 | 6:57 pm
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This thread motivated me to look at some recipes, and... I don't get it. What's the appeal?
Seems to me, I'd rather have a baked potato with all the fixins any day over these. I must be missing something... what is it?
Seems to me, I'd rather have a baked potato with all the fixins any day over these. I must be missing something... what is it?
Mar 11, 2012 | 3:06 pm
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