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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: Halex on July 25, 2012, 10:49:25 am
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Cooked potatoes for 25 mins in basket. Then added to TM bowl, seemed firm but knife went threw OK. Mashed with butterfly, milk & cream.
Not good, potayoes in tiny hard lumps!!!
How can I make this to decent mash?
H :)
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H do u have passatutto food mill or a potato masher
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No,
I have just sieved it throght the basket, then put it through turbo for a few sconds. Its now on 100temp, speed 1 for 2 mins.
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i hope its ok :)
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Still nt good, but no mre potatoes, luckly dh nt home yet, so wil make some ice for him & he wont know........
H >:(
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Thats a shame Hally :( I wondered how you would save them.
Don't think DH would appreciate ice for dinner LOL but I'm guessing you mean rice ;D
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BTW Hally, deep breaths ;)
Its only mashed potato. Don't let it get the better of you :-*
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Dont throw them out if u have any rice left from 2nite t
potato and rice croquettes
same quantity of potato and rice add an egg ,bread crumb,cheese and parsley, dip in egg then bread crumb and fry
if the potatoes are 2 soft add more rice
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Still nt good, but no mre potatoes, luckly dh nt home yet, so wil make some ice for him & he wont know........
H >:(
Is the ice to go with the scotch. so he doesnt see the lumps :D :D :D
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LOL Jen ;D
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;D lol
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Potatoes in bin outside so dh wont see. Rice in TM now, HARMONY in house :)
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HARMONY in house :)
Thats the main thing :D
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hide the evidence, good thinking H
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Uni,shoudnt have been so angry with potatoes, could have made croquettes that u said.
Naught potatoes, naughty tm, i just dont know what happened :o
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POTATOES FAULT H.
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Dont know now!!!!!!!!!
Rice, cooked perfectly, dropped some on floor then slipped on it, :o
Stock in pc, smells amazing, followedi internet recioe, took bones out, about 50m lsof liquid :o :o ??? ??? :( ??? :o
I ddnt think it would reduce so much, the recipe said cover the bones which I did.
Need alcohol, whs bringing sime over
:) >:(
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Oh dear Hally... I can send you love but not alcohol I'm afriad :) :-*
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Thanks Ames will take the love.
Might go to bed soon, still not well >:(
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If the stock reduced that much Hally, perhaps it is stock concentrate now and you can add water to bring it up to the level you want?
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JD, DH just came home, toild him nit well, put bones in fridge & told him I made a jus for the fridge, he said oh good.
Looking at re-doing stock, maybe your idea might be good.
Off to my bed, safe there uness Tangles attacks :)
H
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I am in bed, hoping to stay safe & not have any mishaps :)
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It's only food Hally, don't stress about it. Our tea was terrible tonight but no coverups here - what you see is what you get and DH ate it without complaint. He must have lost his taste buds or something, I hated it ;D I'd stay right where you are tonight, let the boys wait on you and tomorrow a new day will dawn and all will be well :-* :-*
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JD, I know, hugs to you.
Just cant afford to waste food on $100 per wk, i know silly me.
Anyway there is now 4 of us on my bed ;D ;D
:)
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Judy always has good advice :D
Hally, I hope you have a big bed ;D
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Oh yes huge kingsize ;D
Plus lovely warm electric blankets, dual control
:)
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Funny thread. No batts left. Watching the final of MC.
Gert
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Oh yes huge kingsize ;D
Plus lovely warm electric blankets, dual control
:)
Oooh, guess who is a little bit jealous? ;D
Funny thread. No batts left. Watching the final of MC.
Gert
That sounds like code for something Gert.
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Funny thread. No batts left. Watching the final of MC.
Gert
Batts???
Watching mc too :)
Any ideas what hapeened to my potatoes
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Gretchen means the battery is flat on her iPad I think girls although she does say batteries and there is only one in it. I'm sure she will enlighten you after MC.
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Funny thread. No batts left. Watching the final of MC.
Gert
Batts???
Watching mc too :)
Any ideas what hapeened to my potatoes
Out of batts nearly on my iPad.
I think you tested the only potato that was done which sometimes happens . I think they were just not fully cooked. It happens.
Gert
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Funny how we all say different things
No charge etc
JD wish you were here for a hug :)
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Must have done Gert.
Thought 25 mins would be long enough ???
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I'm sure DH and DS can help with the hug.
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And your bed does sound very crowded already Hally :-)) ;D
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Andy wins . Lovely.
Gert
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This is the best I can do from afar Hally
(http://www.commentsyard.com/cy/01/6002/kiss28.gif) (http://www.commentsyard.com/hugs-and-kisses-2/)
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Ok that will do JD, but I expect more in person ;D
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You won't get much more than that Hally - you are female aren't you :D :D
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It could of been a bad batch of potatoes I know it's happened to me before, it sure is annoying though
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Sometimes happens when you have a mix of potatoes as well
Gert
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Andy wins . Lovely.
Gert
???......Ah-ha. I just remembered that you are ahead of us Gert. Over here they are just sending out the entrees.
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JD of course I am :o :o :o
Suzanne, maybe I have had my TM for about 1 1/2 years & have never had this happen. I do mash at least once per week.
I used the 4 I bought from IGA, so no more :)
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Still on entrees here
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Andy wins . Lovely.
Gert
???......Ah-ha. I just remembered that you are ahead of us Gert. Over here they are just sending out the entrees.
Oh oh so sorry I gave it away.
Gert
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Maybe shes tricking
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Sorry Halex I meant before I got my tmx it happened to me, my DH thinks the mashed potatoes is worth the $1900+ it cost us ;D
Did Andy really win?
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Suzanne first time ever bad mash >:(
Love Andy :) lets hope so
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Not saying
Gert
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Not saying
Gert
Now your teasing :)
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Don't feel bad Hally, my first batch of mashed potatoes turned out to be like glue. TMX had been in the house for all of two weeks and I had friends over for dinner, came home very late from work and had to go straight to the kitchen to prepare vegies. Lucky DH had baked some lovely salmon and all I had to do was some vegies in TMX (to show off of course). I put too much water in because I was scared the amount suggested in the recipe wouldn't be enough. What a disaster. It was like runny glag glue from school.
Naturally I blamed the cook and not the machine. :)
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Hally, hope you re feeling better today. You've had a rough couple of weeks.
I've never tried mashed potatoes in the TMX - I have read so many different posts about them that I'm now a little hesitant to have a go.
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i am the same with coleslaw :-)) Marina
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Yeah, I believe coleslaw 'soup' isn't very nice!
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anyone ever try turning the soup into coleslaw friiters? lol
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Woke up about 3am
Drowning in the Pacific Ocean :o fell off a boat, waving at people they wave back boat keaves >:( nxt thing I know I am being circled by sharks.
DH says my cold & fu tablets are sending me nuts :)
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Oh no Hally, that sounds scary :o I hate nightmares. They always seem so real :-[
Do you think DH is right? :-))
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Well the tablets dont seem to be making me any better. ???
Mashed potato normally a cinch, can do it with my eyes closed. As Gert said the one ptato I tried was cooked, the others werent.
It is the best way to do mash.
H :)
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Hello Hally
What you describe with the potatoes I don't think was your fault. It sounds like what we call glassy potatoes. Sometimes when I prepare the potatoes I find that the centre of the potato looks a different colour, almost transparent to the rest. If they are like this no amount of cooking will soften them. I usually throw them out and don't cook them. You will end up with lumps in the mash or if blended little hard bits. Sometimes only one potato in the bag is like it but if cooked will go all through the rest if mashed. Hope this may help.
Marie
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Marie,
Thank you.
You have made me feel better. Never heard of glassy potatoes, will gogle.
:)
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Drowning in the Pacific Ocean :o fell off a boat, waving at people they wave back boat keaves >:( nxt thing I know I am being circled by sharks.
Hally you aren't booked on another cruise are you? I guess you woke up before the sharks got you as is usually the case. I hope you have a better day today and everything you do works out well.
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I like lumpy mash.
Gert
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IGA should replace those potatoes for you Hally. Hope your day is better today and no nightmares tonight.
Marie :)
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Drowning in the Pacific Ocean :o fell off a boat, waving at people they wave back boat keaves >:( nxt thing I know I am being circled by sharks.
Hally you aren't booked on another cruise are you? I guess you woke up before the sharks got you as is usually the case. I hope you have a better day today and everything you do works out well.
Yes but not until next year.
Marie, the iga was not a local one, so I wouldnt bother, plus I cant takem them in they are in the bin.
Gert theres lumpy mash & theres tiny bits of raw potato, big difference :)
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We live in a potato growing area so try many different types. I recently bought a newly developed potato. It was outstanding for chips but dreadful for mash. we ate the mash with lumps but wasn't nice. I think that the type of potato has a lot to do with the result.
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I think you right chookie, but when your on a budget you buy the cheapest ones :) today I am having some blue potatoes delivered in my grocery order.
I might google what potato for what type of cooking.
I love kipler but expensive atm.
:)
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I like raw sliced potato too.
Gert
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I like raw sliced potato too.
Gert
That just confirms your not normal ;D ;DLOL
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Most pink potatoes are good general use. We pay between 50 cents and a dollar a kilo for potatoes from the farm gate. Need to buy 5ks at a time. Most of the farmers grow for Mc Cains and some for Mc Donald's, Although most of Mc Donald's pots come from Tassie, so I am told.
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Chookie thats cheap, we can pay anything from $2.99 up tp $6 per kg depending on the type.
:)
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Would love some of those big McDonalds type potatoes.
Gert
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I like raw sliced potato too.
Gert
With spam on top?
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we need be careful what potato we use when making gnocchi too
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Gretchen I love raw potato too and I also eat pieces of raw cauliflower as well, especially the peeled stem.
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Gretchen I love raw potato too and I also eat pieces of raw cauliflower as well, especially the peeled stem.
I always use the stem. I love raw cauliflower and often add it to a green salad. I always use the broccoli stems too.
Gert
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My DS went through a stage at about 8yrs old where he wouldn't eat anything cooked. (a raw food diet before it was trendy).
He only ate cottage cheese, tinned 4 bean mix and raw carrot, broccoli, capsicum and fruit.
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Actually not a bad diet for an 8 year old.
Gert
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Wow Mum Mich, thats impressive for an 8 year old :o
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I don't know that it was impressive, he just went off all things cooked. Celery was another thing he ate with cottage cheese or peanut butter. At 22 he still eats all of the above and everything cooked.
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Well, I thought it was impressive because most 8 year olds I see around these days eat burgers, chips, pies, cakes, biscuits.... :-))
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We couldn't afford take away at the time. The children had homemade take away.
DFD, I can be responsible sometimes.
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DFD, I can be responsible sometimes.
I don't doubt it DFM :D
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I love being DFM :)
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I must be missing something here - what is DFM and DFD?
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DFM = Dear Forum Mum
DFD = Dear Forum Daughter
:D :D :D
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I didnt get it either :)
EB comes today :)
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I must be missing something here - what is DFM and DFD?
. . . . or could be any of these . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFM
or these . . . http://www.abbreviations.com/DFD ;D ;D ;D
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Happy Hally, that EB comes today. I Hope you are feeling better.
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Yes, ds is sooo excited.
Resting up today as we have a big weekend planned or could be nothing.
:)
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Glad to see other people eat the stocks on the broccoli and cauli's. People generally look at me strange when I suggest it and they throw the best bit in the bin.
I also live in potato growing area chookie and pay 50c a kg for potatoes. Very happy at that price. Also can pick up applies for $1 a kg but have just been told they are getting rid of the orchard. Can't sell it as a going concern so they are ripping out all the trees and will sell it as land. Such a same.
Just about to go and pick up a parcel of seed potatoes from the post office, will be growing potatoes this year in the garden
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I have planted seed potatoes in a vegie sack and am waiting for the shoots to show through.
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That's next on my list. I have a small sack, some potatoes, and compost in the compost bin. Maybe I'll get time this weekend.
I did plant out some garlic bulbs that were starting to shoot a few weeks ago, and they seem to have taken off. Ive never had success with garlic before.
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I have planted seed potatoes in a vegie sack and am waiting for the shoots to show through.
Would love to try this . . .
ES =- do you think it's too late to plant garlic?? Have some sprouted cloves - wouldn't hurt to try I guess!! :D
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I'd give it a try - you dont have anything to lose. I'm sure it's only been a few weeks since I planted mine, and most of them seem to have come up.(http://img.tapatalk.com/0e023f2e-4108-2156.jpg)
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Mine look nothing like that ES. I have 2 little things that could be weeds after nearly 4 weeks.
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They look terrific ES! I'll plant mine out first thing tomorrow . . . :D