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Potato Gnocchi (another Gordon Ramsay how-to)
"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "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:
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>>>> >> On 12/23/2014 9:18 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> >> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:40:07 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>> >> > > wrote:
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>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>> >> >>> 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:
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>>>> >> >>>>>> On 12/22/2014 4:51 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> >> >>>>>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:41:08 -0500, jmcquown
>>>> >> >>>>>>> >
>>>> >> >>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>> >> >>>>>>>> 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!
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>>> You are wrong. It's a ricer that the ignorant insist is a masher.
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>> You are the ignorant one sf.
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>> 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
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>> Soooo... Unless you can put up a cite to back up your claim... Well...
>> Shup.
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> You are wasting your time. You know she is always right.
She cray cray!
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