"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:15:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>> "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.
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> You are the ignorant one sf.
>
> http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/prod...otato-mashers/
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_masher
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_ricer
>
> Soooo... Unless you can put up a cite to back up your claim... Well...
> Shup.

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