In article >, Sylvia
> wrote:

> I needed to fix some potatoes quickly for dinner tonight, and the kids
> don't particularly like steamed or nuked potatoes, so I shredded them
> and then sauteed them. But instead of nicely-browned individual shreds,
> I got clumps of gluey mass that never did brown. What did I do wrong?

All that potato starch. . . .Shred, rinse well in cool water - a couple
times, drain, pat a little with a paper towel, fry. Nice.
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