It took me 16 minutes and 29 seconds to peel and slice (with a chef's
knife, 1/8" thick, give or take 1/16") 3 large potatoes, (total weight
1#6oz) and make the white sauce with which to layer them in a 1-1/2
quart casserole dish. They're ready to come out of the oven now. Guess
I'd better slice the ham and prep the broccoli and get the salads made.
Supper's in 50 minutes.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> It took me 16 minutes and 29 seconds to peel and slice (with a chef's
> knife, 1/8" thick, give or take 1/16") 3 large potatoes, (total weight
> 1#6oz) and make the white sauce with which to layer them in a 1-1/2
> quart casserole dish. They're ready to come out of the oven now. Guess
> I'd better slice the ham and prep the broccoli and get the salads made.
> Supper's in 50 minutes.
> --
> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.



Those must be some fancy salads (or did you mean 5 minutes?)

;-)
gloria p

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> It took me 16 minutes and 29 seconds to peel and slice (with a chef's
> knife, 1/8" thick, give or take 1/16") 3 large potatoes, (total weight
> 1#6oz) and make the white sauce with which to layer them in a 1-1/2
> quart casserole dish. They're ready to come out of the oven now.
> Guess I'd better slice the ham and prep the broccoli and get the
> salads made. Supper's in 50 minutes.

HOLD that phone! Wait a sec, I'll be right over!

Jill

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:50:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> It took me 16 minutes and 29 seconds to peel and slice (with a chef's
> knife, 1/8" thick, give or take 1/16") 3 large potatoes, (total weight
> 1#6oz)

By contrast, I think I peel and slice about 12-15 red potatoes to a total
weight of 1750g.. which would be just under four pounds. This would
probably explain the difference in prep time. Peeling and slicing those
red potatoes takes me about 20 minutes with a mandolin.

(by the way, I use red potatoes because waxy potatoes tend to hold up
better than starchy ones.)

--
-Brian James Macke
"In order to get that which you wish for, you must first get that which
builds it." -- Unknown

In article >, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > It took me 16 minutes and 29 seconds to peel and slice (with a chef's
> > knife, 1/8" thick, give or take 1/16") 3 large potatoes, (total weight
> > 1#6oz) and make the white sauce with which to layer them in a 1-1/2
> > quart casserole dish. They're ready to come out of the oven now.
> > Guess I'd better slice the ham and prep the broccoli and get the
> > salads made. Supper's in 50 minutes.
>
> HOLD that phone! Wait a sec, I'll be right over!
>
> Jill

Too late, Toots! Gotta tell you that supper was pretty darned good.
Dang shame you missed it. The scalloped potatoes were very good. Not
too salty. Tender. Just wet enough. (After getting them in the dish
for the oven, I decided that by the time they baked, they'd be pretty
t'ick, so I pour some milk on top -- like to almost the rim of the dish.
Good move. BTW, the white sauce was made with skim milk; the milk I
poured was also no fat skim milk.

(And I was busy playing Collapse, so I didn't start the broccoli or the
salads until about 6:15 p.m.). We sat at 6:35. I'm messy but I'm fast
and can do three things in the kitchen at the same time. :-)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.

In article >,
wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > Guess
> > I'd better slice the ham and prep the broccoli and get the salads
> > made. Supper's in 50 minutes.

> > --
> > -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.

> Those must be some fancy salads (or did you mean 5 minutes?)
>
> ;-)
> gloria p

:-) Nope, 50 minutes is correct. We watch Wheel of Fortune whilst we
eat. It's on at 6:30. (How pathetic is that?) But, the salads had
iceberg, romaine, radish, onion, green pepper, carrot, and were dressed
with my made-up dressing -- I sprinkle some sugar on the salad in the
bowls, spray it with some olive oil, drizzle a leetle bit of soy sauce
on it and then drizzle some balsamic vinegar on top. Pretty good.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.

in article , Melba's
Jammin' at wrote on 2/16/04 10:00 PM:

>
> (And I was busy playing Collapse, so I didn't start the broccoli or the
> salads until about 6:15 p.m.). We sat at 6:35. I'm messy but I'm fast
> and can do three things in the kitchen at the same time. :-)
> --

Collapse is addictive, isn't it??
Game House (www.gamehouse.com) has a few games that I have spent far too
much time playing....
Candy Cruncher is another one. Highly addictive.

At least you can win at Collapse! Candy Cruncher just keeps on going, until
it beats YOU!

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> It took me 16 minutes and 29 seconds to peel and slice (with a chef's
> knife, 1/8" thick, give or take 1/16") 3 large potatoes, (total weight
> 1#6oz) and make the white sauce with which to layer them in a 1-1/2
> quart casserole dish. They're ready to come out of the oven now. Guess
> I'd better slice the ham and prep the broccoli and get the salads made.
> Supper's in 50 minutes.
> --
> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.

Okay, it must just take me longer because I use at least 9 potatoes in a
regular, lasagna sized pyrex dish. Cooking time is always about 1 1/2 hours
(I don't have an oven - it's a toaster oven, renting an apartment is the
pitts!). But I do make the white sauce as well. Still, for me, you gotta
figure 2 1/2 to 3 hours including cooking time.

kili

"kilikini" > wrote in
:

>
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>> It took me 16 minutes and 29 seconds to peel and slice (with a chef's
>> knife, 1/8" thick, give or take 1/16") 3 large potatoes, (total
>> weight 1#6oz) and make the white sauce with which to layer them in a
>> 1-1/2 quart casserole dish. They're ready to come out of the oven
>> now. Guess I'd better slice the ham and prep the broccoli and get
>> the salads made. Supper's in 50 minutes.
>> --
>> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-10-04.
>
> Okay, it must just take me longer because I use at least 9 potatoes in
> a regular, lasagna sized pyrex dish. Cooking time is always about 1
> 1/2 hours (I don't have an oven - it's a toaster oven, renting an
> apartment is the pitts!). But I do make the white sauce as well.
> Still, for me, you gotta figure 2 1/2 to 3 hours including cooking
> time.
>
> kili

And some folks, like me, are just slower at prep (like paring and slicing
potatoes). I can even make a "production" out of making mashed potatoes.
<G> And, of course, larger quantities take longer to prepare and to
bake.

Wayne