"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:15:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:25:06 -0500, jmcquown >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 12/23/2014 9:18 PM, sf wrote:
>> >> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:40:07 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "sf" > wrote in message
>> >> >> ...
>> >> >>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:35:29 -0500, jmcquown
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>> On 12/23/2014 5:05 AM, sf wrote:
>> >> >>>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:21:04 -0500, jmcquown
>> >> >>>>> >
>> >> >>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> On 12/22/2014 4:51 PM, sf wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:41:08 -0500, jmcquown
>> >> >>>>>>> >
>> >> >>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> I don't know why I've never made gnocchi. I like it and I
>> >> >>>>>>>> know
>> >> >>>>>>>> it's
>> >> >>>>>>>> not
>> >> >>>>>>>> difficult, I just never think about it. Looks like a good
>> >> >>>>>>>> way
>> >> >>>>>>>> to
>> >> >>>>>>>> use up
>> >> >>>>>>>> leftover baked or boiled spuds.
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unAOVy92a_8
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> I like his recipe because it includes ricotta. I've never
>> >> >>>>>>> eaten
>> >> >>>>>>> potato gnocchi that I liked, but ricotta is like eating a
>> >> >>>>>>> cloud -
>> >> >>>>>>> it's
>> >> >>>>>>> so light.
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> I think the ricotta makes all the difference. I plan on making
>> >> >>>>>> some
>> >> >>>>>> potato gnocchi next year. I'll wait until Spring to find fresh
>> >> >>>>>> peas
>> >> >>>>>> at
>> >> >>>>>> the farm stand.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> I wouldn't bother with the potato ricer gadget, just a fork for
>> >> >>>>>> lightly
>> >> >>>>>> smashing the cooked potatoes. It's going to wind up as a
>> >> >>>>>> dough,
>> >> >>>>>> after
>> >> >>>>>> all. One less thing to wash.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>> I don't know well how a fork will work. Personally, I'd use a
>> >> >>>>> ricer
>> >> >>>>> - but I already have one... in fact, I had two up until
>> >> >>>>> Thanksgiving.
>> >> >>>>> No idea how that happened. We did T-Day at DD's house this
>> >> >>>>> year.
>> >> >>>>> Her
>> >> >>>>> husband always makes the mashed potatoes and he wanted to try
>> >> >>>>> ricing
>> >> >>>>> them this year, so I had a good excuse to gift someone with the
>> >> >>>>> extra
>> >> >>>>> ricer.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>> I have an old potato masher, looks something like this:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/ldvuzyk
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> It's not a ricer in that it doesn't extrude the potatos in
>> >> >>>> strings.
>> >> >>>> I'd
>> >> >>>> probably use that but I don't see why a fork wouldn't work. The
>> >> >>>> potatoes are already cooked. I'll most likely be working with
>> >> >>>> still
>> >> >>>> warm (not chilled overnight) baked potatoes.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Okay, that will work. What you have is a ricer, not a masher. A
>> >> >>> masher looks like this and it makes very light mashed potatoes.
>> >> >>> http://www.eatoutzone.com/images/potato_masher.jpg
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Nonsense! What she has certainly is a masher and a heck of a lot
>> >> >> more
>> >> >> effective than the one in your pic. My mom had that kind and I
>> >> >> consider it
>> >> >> useless.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> With a ricer, you have to put the potatoes in it and press them
>> >> >> through. I
>> >> >> have never tried that method and probably wouldn't. Some say they
>> >> >> don't
>> >> >> like that method because it allows the potatoes to cool off too
>> >> >> much.
>> >> >
>> >> > You obviously have zero idea of what a ricer does or is. That type
>> >> > is
>> >> > precursor to the bucket type.
>> >> >
>> >> The "bucket type" (as you describe it) is exactly what I wouldn't want
>> >> to use.
>> >>
>> > What you have is a ricer and it will work better than a fork to
>> > prepare potatoes for the basis of your gnocchi, should you ever decide
>> > to attempt making it.
>>
>> Wrong. She has a masher!
>
> You are wrong. It's a ricer that the ignorant insist is a masher.

You are the ignorant one sf.

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/prod...otato-mashers/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_masher

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_ricer

Soooo... Unless you can put up a cite to back up your claim... Well...
Shup.