King's Crown wrote:
> "kilikini" > wrote in message
> ...
>> JJ wrote:
>>> Anybody have a simple but elegant looking, make ahead potato recipe?
>>> The oven is going to be full on Sunday and I need something I can
>>> make the day before and throw in the oven to reheat after the ham
>>> comes out. Plain old mashed potatoes are not an option.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Joe
>>
>> Did you buy the potatoes, yet? A simple option might be getting
>> some new potatoes, boiling them, and adding butter and dill,
>> although that's not very
>> elegant. Everything I'm thinking of uses the oven, unfortunately.
>> Maybe merryb's option of twice-baked might be the ticket. Good
>> luck, and let us know what you decided to do.
>>
>> kili
>>
> I see new potatoes used at elegant dinners frequently. They've
> usually taken a potato peeler and have done one ring of peel around
> the middle. Not sure why, but it always looks nice. And these could
> be warmed up in a crockpot.
>
> Lynen

I had a thought to make the new potatoes more elegant! With your idea of
the peel around the middle, what if you tied a green onion around the peel
mark? Maybe I'm just being weird. Call me crazy.

kili