On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:22:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> >
> >
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On 6/10/2013 3:59 PM, RichD wrote:
> >>> I found a bag of kale chips - like potato chips -
> >>> at Trader Joe's, tasty nnd nutritious, ya can't lose!
> >>>
> >>> Pricey, though. Maybe I'll do it myself, except,
> >>> um, how to bake dried toasted veggies at home?
> >>
> >> I think you will find dozens of recipes for kale chips.
> >> You're right, they cost a lot to buy, but they aren't
> >> hard to make.
> >>
> >> This is the general method:
> >>
> >> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/m...ipe/index.html
> >>
> >> Or
> >>
> >> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3s57anp
> >>
> >> Good luck.
> >
> > I was looking around that site. Have you looked at the one for Fast
> > mashed potato? That is how I always do mine. How does anyone else do it
> > differently to make it NOT easy mash?? Anybody?
>
> I looked but did not see the recipe. The only times I had trouble with
> mashed potatoes were when I was in a hurry. The first time was sheer
> stupidity on my part.

What I've discovered over years of sporadically making mashed potatoes
is that they need to be cooked longer than I'd cook them for "smashed"
potato on a plate and significantly longer than I'd cook them for
potato salad. When they are cooked properly, they mash/whip up
quickly and beautifully with just the hand masher and there are no
lumps what-so-ever. I hate skins in my mashed potato, so that's never
an issue for me.

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