Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.

Thanks,
Adam

Adam Schwartz > wrote:
> Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.

My opinion is you should prepare the potatoes in a way
you think you will enjoy the most. If you're not sure
which way to go, try making a batch with the potato
skins peeled and one with the potato skins left on.

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:55:08 GMT, "Adam Schwartz"
> wrote:

>Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
>know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>
>Thanks,
>Adam
>


What are "blue" potatoes?

Gar

Gar wrote:
>
> On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:55:08 GMT, "Adam Schwartz"
> > wrote:
>
> >Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> >know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.

> What are "blue" potatoes?
>
> Gar

(laugh) They're blue potatoes. For some reason I think they might
be like Yukons ... waxy and thin skinned. If that's the case I'd
leave the skins on, but I like lumpy mashed potatoes.

nancy

might get some colorful mashed taters....
but I don't think that can beat my purple gravy...
which came to be the first time I tried to use the juice of smoked meat
in making a cream gravy...what a show stopper that was...
I was raised in a german household and I had never made cream gravy we
had always used the water from the potatoes...
then I married a country boy....

Adam Schwartz wrote:

> Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>
A better thought might be to avoid blue mashies. I tried it once, with
no takers. Yes, you would probably be advised to take off the skins,
after boiling.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and
avoid the people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener

(Adam=A0Schwartz) wrote:

<Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel
them? I know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
Thanks,
Adam>
//////////

I've seen these blue potatoes in the seed catalogs but have never grown
or eaten them. I am probably the exception, but just can't handle eating
something that isn't the color that my brain say is the "norm". I'll bet
they are real good too but my eyes just can't get past that.

When I was a young girl, my older sister put green food coloring in
apple sauce for Saint Patricks Day.... forest green + apple sauce +
yummy =3D not! I must need some serious therapy and don't know it.

Saw white peaches at the fruit stand and watermellon that I heard was
not red in the middle... oh my, I'm sure it's good but no can do. Tunnel
vision, I guess.

Sincerely, Helen

Adam Schwartz wrote:

> Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.

The skins are thin, so if you're making a chunky or lumpy mashed
potato, leave the skins on for some textural interest.

If you want a smooth potato puree, peel.

They won't be blue after they're cooked. And they'll be less blue
still after adding cream and butter. But they'll taste just like
mashed potatoes and that's good.

Pastorio

alzelt > wrote in message >...
> Adam Schwartz wrote:
>
> > Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> > know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adam
> >
> >
> A better thought might be to avoid blue mashies. I tried it once, with
> no takers. Yes, you would probably be advised to take off the skins,
> after boiling.

Sorry, but to me, blue 'taters tasted like dirt...
I will avoid them. Yukon golds and even baby red
spuds prove to be far more worthy of my efforts.

C.

(Helen C.) wrote in message >...
> (Adam Schwartz) wrote:
>
> <Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel
> them? I know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
> Thanks,
> Adam>
> //////////
>
> I've seen these blue potatoes in the seed catalogs but have never grown
> or eaten them. I am probably the exception, but just can't handle eating
> something that isn't the color that my brain say is the "norm". I'll bet
> they are real good too but my eyes just can't get past that.
>
> When I was a young girl, my older sister put green food coloring in
> apple sauce for Saint Patricks Day.... forest green + apple sauce +
> yummy = not! I must need some serious therapy and don't know it.
>
> Saw white peaches at the fruit stand and watermellon that I heard was
> not red in the middle... oh my, I'm sure it's good but no can do. Tunnel
> vision, I guess.
>
> Sincerely, Helen

I can buy them at Central Market in Austin.
I tried them once as a novelty.

Never again.

I'll stick with Yukon golds....

C.

Bob Pastorio > wrote in message >...
> Adam Schwartz wrote:
>
> > Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> > know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>
> The skins are thin, so if you're making a chunky or lumpy mashed
> potato, leave the skins on for some textural interest.
>
> If you want a smooth potato puree, peel.
>
> They won't be blue after they're cooked. And they'll be less blue
> still after adding cream and butter. But they'll taste just like
> mashed potatoes and that's good.
>
> Pastorio

Only if you like cooking whipped dirt!
Sorry Bob, but I have actually tried these.
They are gross.

While I agree about the color, if you are going
to go to this much trouble, stick with baby reds or golds.

BTW, thanks for the hint on frozen crab. :-) It helped.
Helped with pre-cooked shrimps too.

C.

I adore yukons....anyway..any where...and you know...I once cut they
eyes out of some that had sprouted and threw then in my garden and
actually got some really nice small yukons that I used like new
potatoes....know your not supposed to do that..but it worked that time

"Adam Schwartz" > wrote in message
news:wTXeb.667257$uu5.109122@sccrnsc04...
> Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them?
I
> know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
Thanks to everyone who replied!
I noticed that many of you have had bad experiences with blue potatoes in
the past. The potatoes I used were award winning organic All-Blue potatoes
from my local farmer's market. I found that they made a delicious mashed
potato! I mashed them skin on, and they looked great with the little
speckles (I made sure to break up the skin pretty well). They came out a
beautiful lavendar-blue color. For those who are interested, this is how I
prepared them:
Cubed 6 potatoes to about 1/2 inch.
Boiled in water with a boquet garni of spanish roja garlic and black and
white peppercorns, until tender.
mashed with about 1 tbs butter, 1/4 cup milk blended with about 2 tbs local
chevré (for creaminess and flavor), salt (quite a bit), white and black
pepper, a touch of fresh grated nutmeg, and about 2 tsp. red wine vinegar.
Sliced a hard swiss cheede real thin and cut with a bunny shaped cookie
cutter (my fiance and I are nuts about bunies).
Piped potatoes into cookie cutter and levelled with a knife.

This made neat little mashed potatoe bunnies. I know the recipe is not that
creative and there are probably a million better ways to make it (sour cream
or creme frache instead of milk with cheese, better seasonings etc.) but I
used what I had and they came out pretty nice!

Thanks,
Adam

"Adam Schwartz" > writes:

>this is how I
>prepared them:
>Cubed 6 potatoes to about 1/2 inch.
>Boiled in water with a boquet garni of spanish roja garlic and black and
>white peppercorns, until tender.
>mashed with about 1 tbs butter, 1/4 cup milk blended with about 2 tbs local
>chevré (for creaminess and flavor), salt (quite a bit), white and black
>pepper, a touch of fresh grated nutmeg, and about 2 tsp. red wine vinegar.
>Sliced a hard swiss cheede real thin and cut with a bunny shaped cookie
>cutter (my fiance and I are nuts about bunies).
>Piped potatoes into cookie cutter and levelled with a knife.
>
>This made neat little mashed potatoe bunnies.

It's "potato".

And with all that crap it didn't matter which potatoes, even dehys... that
ain't any kind of cooking, what you prepared is called compost.


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(Louise Lewis) wrote in message >...
> I adore yukons....anyway..any where...and you know...I once cut they
> eyes out of some that had sprouted and threw then in my garden and
> actually got some really nice small yukons that I used like new
> potatoes....know your not supposed to do that..but it worked that time

Spuds are spuds... when it comes to gardening. ;-)
If they have eyes and sprout, there is no reason that you can't get
them to grow.

Anyone here ever tried tire layering for increasing potatoe harvests?
I have not, but am considering it.

C.

(Helen C.) wrote in message news:<1636-3F7CE37A-20@storefull-
>
> I've seen these blue potatoes in the seed catalogs but have never grown
> or eaten them. I am probably the exception, but just can't handle eating
> something that isn't the color that my brain say is the "norm". I'll bet
> they are real good too but my eyes just can't get past that.
>
> When I was a young girl, my older sister put green food coloring in
> apple sauce for Saint Patricks Day.... forest green + apple sauce +
> yummy = not! I must need some serious therapy and don't know it.
>
> Saw white peaches at the fruit stand and watermellon that I heard was
> not red in the middle... oh my, I'm sure it's good but no can do. Tunnel
> vision, I guess.

I like to use the yellow watermelon along with standard red plus
hioneydew and canteloupe for fruit salads.

White peaches are pretty good also. I use those with raspberries or
blueberries (or both) for fruit salads

Blue potatoes - I use a few cooked along with Yukon Golds or Yellow
Finns and Red skined potates in potato salad. Just enough to add a
little difference. I don't really do much in the way of potatoes - our
favorite has always been baked or garlic butter new potatoes, neither
or which are a suitable use for the blue ones, IMHO.

Sandi

(Carnivore269) wrote in message . com>...
> alzelt > wrote in message >...
> > Adam Schwartz wrote:
> >
> > > Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> > > know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > A better thought might be to avoid blue mashies. I tried it once, with
> > no takers. Yes, you would probably be advised to take off the skins,
> > after boiling.
>
> Sorry, but to me, blue 'taters tasted like dirt...
> I will avoid them. Yukon golds and even baby red
> spuds prove to be far more worthy of my efforts.
>
> C.


I've never had that experience with them...but then I don't use them
as the primary potato. They are always one of several in a casserole
or salad - as a color accent. The ones I've bought also have been
harvested shorltly beofre I've purchased them, on occasion, they were
harvested with 24 hours of purchase.


Sandi

Carnivore269 wrote:

> alzelt > wrote in message >...
>
>>Adam Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
>>>know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Adam
>>>
>>>
>>
>>A better thought might be to avoid blue mashies. I tried it once, with
>>no takers. Yes, you would probably be advised to take off the skins,
>>after boiling.
>
>
> Sorry, but to me, blue 'taters tasted like dirt...
> I will avoid them. Yukon golds and even baby red
> spuds prove to be far more worthy of my efforts.
>
> C.
Funny thing is that they really do taste good. If they are fresh. And if
you have a blindfold on when you taste them. Washington is a real potato
state, so we get great ones, organic too. Hmmmm. The fall is the start
of fresh potato season here now.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and
avoid the people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener

(S.Dunlap) wrote in message . com>...
> (Carnivore269) wrote in message . com>...
> > alzelt > wrote in message >...
> > > Adam Schwartz wrote:
> > >
> > > > Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
> > > > know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > A better thought might be to avoid blue mashies. I tried it once, with
> > > no takers. Yes, you would probably be advised to take off the skins,
> > > after boiling.
> >
> > Sorry, but to me, blue 'taters tasted like dirt...
> > I will avoid them. Yukon golds and even baby red
> > spuds prove to be far more worthy of my efforts.
> >
> > C.
>
>
> I've never had that experience with them...but then I don't use them
> as the primary potato. They are always one of several in a casserole
> or salad - as a color accent. The ones I've bought also have been
> harvested shorltly beofre I've purchased them, on occasion, they were
> harvested with 24 hours of purchase.
>
>
> Sandi

Ok, thanks. :-)
Then according to you and a couple of other folks, I may have had a bad
experience... I got them as very small blue potatoes from Central Market
in Austin. They are usually reliable, but I just may try again.

Any hints on "picking" good ones from the bin?

Thanks!
C.

PENMART01 wrote:

> "Adam Schwartz" > writes:
>
> >this is how I
> >prepared them:
> >Cubed 6 potatoes to about 1/2 inch.
> >Boiled in water with a boquet garni of spanish roja garlic and black and
> >white peppercorns, until tender.
> >mashed with about 1 tbs butter, 1/4 cup milk blended with about 2 tbs
local
> >chevré (for creaminess and flavor), salt (quite a bit), white and black
> >pepper, a touch of fresh grated nutmeg, and about 2 tsp. red wine
vinegar.
> >Sliced a hard swiss cheede real thin and cut with a bunny shaped cookie
> >cutter (my fiance and I are nuts about bunies).
> >Piped potatoes into cookie cutter and levelled with a knife.
> >
> >This made neat little mashed potatoe bunnies.
>
> It's "potato".
>
> And with all that crap it didn't matter which potatoes, even dehys... that
> ain't any kind of cooking, what you prepared is called compost.
>


Lol...and "nuts about bunies"...????

--
Best
Greg

(Carnivore269) wrote in message om>...

> > > Sorry, but to me, blue 'taters tasted like dirt...
> > > I will avoid them. Yukon golds and even baby red
> > > spuds prove to be far more worthy of my efforts.
> > >
> > > C.
> >
> >
> > I've never had that experience with them...but then I don't use them
> > as the primary potato. They are always one of several in a casserole
> > or salad - as a color accent. The ones I've bought also have been
> > harvested shorltly beofre I've purchased them, on occasion, they were
> > harvested with 24 hours of purchase.
> >
> >
> > Sandi
>
> Ok, thanks. :-)
> Then according to you and a couple of other folks, I may have had a bad
> experience... I got them as very small blue potatoes from Central Market
> in Austin. They are usually reliable, but I just may try again.
>


I preferred the smaller potatoes. Where I live now, there is only one
variety available - white. Other wise use the same criteria as for
other varieties like Yellow Finns or Yukon Golds or red skinned. I
also scrubbed the blue potatoes well at home. Sometimes dirt is a
little less obvious on those dark taters then on the white, gold or
red taters. The ones you got sound like they were stored too long.

Sandi

Carnivore269) wrote:
>
>Sorry, but to me, blue 'taters tasted like dirt...
>I will avoid them. Yukon golds and even baby red
>spuds prove to be far more worthy of my efforts.

All potatoes are supposed to taste of earthyness... you're simply used to spuds
that taste of old and sick... because your taste is in your ass, meatus boy.


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On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 02:28:18 GMT, alzelt
> wrote:

>A better thought might be to avoid blue mashies. I tried it once, with
>no takers. Yes, you would probably be advised to take off the skins,
>after boiling.


Maybe there are more than one type of blue potatoes. We have a sort
that is called Blue congo. They are very tasty and blue on the purple
scale.

/Erika

The first ten years of your life you try to be just like your parents.
Then for then years you try to be as little as your parents as possible.
Then you gradually change in to them.

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message thlink.net>...
> PENMART01 wrote:
>
> > "Adam Schwartz" > writes:
> >
> > >this is how I
> > >prepared them:
> > >Cubed 6 potatoes to about 1/2 inch.
> > >Boiled in water with a boquet garni of spanish roja garlic and black and
> > >white peppercorns, until tender.
> > >mashed with about 1 tbs butter, 1/4 cup milk blended with about 2 tbs
> local
> > >chevré (for creaminess and flavor), salt (quite a bit), white and black
> > >pepper, a touch of fresh grated nutmeg, and about 2 tsp. red wine
> vinegar.
> > >Sliced a hard swiss cheede real thin and cut with a bunny shaped cookie
> > >cutter (my fiance and I are nuts about bunies).
> > >Piped potatoes into cookie cutter and levelled with a knife.
> > >
> > >This made neat little mashed potatoe bunnies.
> >
> > It's "potato".
> >
> > And with all that crap it didn't matter which potatoes, even dehys... that
> > ain't any kind of cooking, what you prepared is called compost.
> >
>
>
> Lol...and "nuts about bunies"...????

That was rude... ;-(
Sounds more to me like they have toddlers.

C.

Carnivore269 wrote:
>
> (S.Dunlap) wrote in message

<snip>

> >
> > I've never had that experience with them...but then I don't use them
> > as the primary potato. They are always one of several in a casserole
> > or salad - as a color accent. The ones I've bought also have been
> > harvested shorltly beofre I've purchased them, on occasion, they were
> > harvested with 24 hours of purchase.
> >
> >
> > Sandi
>
> Ok, thanks. :-)
> Then according to you and a couple of other folks, I may have had a bad
> experience... I got them as very small blue potatoes from Central Market
> in Austin. They are usually reliable, but I just may try again.
>
> Any hints on "picking" good ones from the bin?
>
> Thanks!
> C.

Same as for any potato: avoid soft ones or bruised ones, no sprouts in
the eyes, relatively smooth tight skin, no mouldy odour, should seem
heavy for the size.

"Carnivore269" > wrote in message
om...
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
thlink.net>...
> > PENMART01 wrote:
> >
> > > "Adam Schwartz" > writes:
> > >
> > > >this is how I
> > > >prepared them:
> > > >Cubed 6 potatoes to about 1/2 inch.
> > > >Boiled in water with a boquet garni of spanish roja garlic and black
and
> > > >white peppercorns, until tender.
> > > >mashed with about 1 tbs butter, 1/4 cup milk blended with about 2 tbs
> > local
> > > >chevré (for creaminess and flavor), salt (quite a bit), white and
black
> > > >pepper, a touch of fresh grated nutmeg, and about 2 tsp. red wine
> > vinegar.
> > > >Sliced a hard swiss cheede real thin and cut with a bunny shaped
cookie
> > > >cutter (my fiance and I are nuts about bunies).
> > > >Piped potatoes into cookie cutter and levelled with a knife.
> > > >
> > > >This made neat little mashed potatoe bunnies.
> > >
> > > It's "potato".
> > >
> > > And with all that crap it didn't matter which potatoes, even dehys...
that
> > > ain't any kind of cooking, what you prepared is called compost.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Lol...and "nuts about bunies"...????
>
> That was rude... ;-(
> Sounds more to me like they have toddlers.
>
> C.

Actually, we have bunnies! If you want to see them, check
www.cloud-9.net/bunny
-Adam

In article <P3Pfb.683073$Ho3.146346@sccrnsc03>, "Adam Schwartz"
> writes:

>Actually, we have bunnies! If you want to see them, check
>www.cloud-9.net/bunny

RABBIT CACCIATORE

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 3 1/4-pound frozen rabbit, thawed, cut into 8 pieces
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 pound tomatoes, chopped, with seeds and juices (about 2 1/2 cups)
1 1/3 cups dry white wine
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary

Heat oil in heavy large pot over high heat. Sprinkle rabbit with salt and
pepper. Add rabbit to pot and sauté until browned on all sides, about 10
minutes. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add tomatoes and wine. Bring to boil,
scraping up any browned bits. Reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer until
rabbit is cooked through, about 30 minutes.

Using tongs, transfer rabbit pieces to plate. Add herbs to sauce in pot. Simmer
until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Return rabbit to pot. Stir until
heated through, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

Bon Appétit
May 2002
---

BRAISED RABBIT WITH OLIVES

1 2 1/2-pound rabbit, cut into 8 pieces
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 large red onion, thinly sliced
1 pound white-skinned potatoes, peeled, cut into 1-inch cubes
3 bell peppers, sliced
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 1/4 cups sliced pitted brine-cured Sicilian green olives
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
1/3 cup drained capers
3 large garlic cloves, chopped
3 fresh thyme sprigs
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup (or more) water
Fresh Italian parsley sprigs

Rinse rabbit and pat dry; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat 4 tablespoons oil
in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add rabbit to pot
and brown, turning often, about 8 minutes per batch. Transfer rabbit to bowl.
Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to pot. Add onion; sauté
5 minutes. Mix in potatoes, bell peppers, tomatoes, olives, celery, capers,
garlic, and thyme; cook 5 minutes. Mix in vinegar and 1/4 cup water. Add
rabbit. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. Spoon some of
vegetable mixture over rabbit. Cover and simmer until rabbit is tender,
stirring occasionally and adding more water by 1/4 cupfuls if mixture is dry,
about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon vegetables into large
dish. Top with rabbit. Garnish with parsley and serve warm.

Bon Appétit
May 2002
---


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On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:20:54 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>Gar wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:55:08 GMT, "Adam Schwartz"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
>> >know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>
>> What are "blue" potatoes?
>>
>> Gar
>
>(laugh) They're blue potatoes. For some reason I think they might
>be like Yukons ... waxy and thin skinned. If that's the case I'd
>leave the skins on, but I like lumpy mashed potatoes.
>
>nancy

Thanks nancy. It looks like I'm the only one who's never seen or
heard of them. I've led a sheltered life I guess.

Gar

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:05:30 -0700, Jeff Bienstadt
> wrote:

>Gar <> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:55:08 GMT, "Adam Schwartz"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them?
>>>I know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Adam
>>>
>>
>>
>> What are "blue" potatoes?
>>
>> Gar
>
>Um, potatoes in the hue of blue.
>
> http://www.foodreference.com/html/fallbluepotato.html
>
>---jkb


Thanks for the link. They look pretty gross.


Gar

"Adam Schwartz" > wrote in message news:<P3Pfb.683073$Ho3.146346@sccrnsc03>...
> "Carnivore269" > wrote in message
> om...
> > "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
> thlink.net>...
> > > PENMART01 wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Adam Schwartz" > writes:
> > > >
> > > > >this is how I
> > > > >prepared them:
> > > > >Cubed 6 potatoes to about 1/2 inch.
> > > > >Boiled in water with a boquet garni of spanish roja garlic and black
> and
> > > > >white peppercorns, until tender.
> > > > >mashed with about 1 tbs butter, 1/4 cup milk blended with about 2 tbs
> local
> > > > >chevré (for creaminess and flavor), salt (quite a bit), white and
> black
> > > > >pepper, a touch of fresh grated nutmeg, and about 2 tsp. red wine
> vinegar.
> > > > >Sliced a hard swiss cheede real thin and cut with a bunny shaped
> cookie
> > > > >cutter (my fiance and I are nuts about bunies).
> > > > >Piped potatoes into cookie cutter and levelled with a knife.
> > > > >
> > > > >This made neat little mashed potatoe bunnies.
> > > >
> > > > It's "potato".
> > > >
> > > > And with all that crap it didn't matter which potatoes, even dehys...
> that
> > > > ain't any kind of cooking, what you prepared is called compost.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Lol...and "nuts about bunies"...????
> >
> > That was rude... ;-(
> > Sounds more to me like they have toddlers.
> >
> > C.
>
> Actually, we have bunnies! If you want to see them, check
> www.cloud-9.net/bunny
> -Adam

Oh that's neat! You have house bunnies... ;-)
I used to have a lop named "dusty". He litter box trained himself and
was a great pet! I gave him to a freind tho' that was breeding them as
he had a bad habit of chewing any power cord he could get his teeth
into. :-P

He was much happier tho' with some lady bunnies......

We would like to start breeding bunnies again one of these days, but
not as pets. No offense, but bunny is tasty.

C.

Gar <> wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:05:30 -0700, Jeff Bienstadt
> > wrote:
>
>>Gar <> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:55:08 GMT, "Adam Schwartz"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel
>>>>them? I know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Adam
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What are "blue" potatoes?
>>>
>>> Gar
>>
>>Um, potatoes in the hue of blue.
>>
>> http://www.foodreference.com/html/fallbluepotato.html
>>
>>---jkb
>
>
> Thanks for the link. They look pretty gross.
>
>
> Gar

Actually, they're very good. I've only had them once --- steamed, with
(IIRC) a squeeze of lemon. I'm not sure they'd be visually appealing if
they were mashed, but I expect they would taste fine.

---jkb

--
"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so."
-- Ford Prefect

>Shoud i leave the skin on when making mashed blue potatoes, or peel them? I
>know it's a matter of preferance, but I want some opinions.
>


I tried these a few months ago and photographed it for our family web page (I'm
Italian. My family frequently photographs the meals we've made and e-mail
them!)
Anyway, here's the link to my family webpage with the photo of the dish--and
you'll see photos of the kitchen of our new home, too.

http://hometown.aol.com/mary1313/marysnews.html>

By the way, to answer your question, I peeled them first, then boiled them.
Mashed them with some white truffle oil, salt and pepper.
--Mary