"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/11/2014 6:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
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>>> On 2014-12-11 03:07:33 +0000, koko said:
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>>>> Dinner tonight was twice baked potatoes. The potatoes were mashed with
>>>> Parmesan cheese and butter, then stuffed back into the shells and
>>>> topped with crispy capicola and scallions. After a trip back into the
>>>> oven for a few minutes, it's time to eat.
>>>>
>>>> https://flic.kr/p/qnpauH
>>>>
>>>> koko
>>>
>>> Good real butter is just awesome in twice baked potatoes. My wife has
>>> started whipping it into mashed potatoes as well as some cream - it's
>>> really excellent!
>>
> How else would she make them? Potatoes, butter, milk or cream is pretty
> much the recipe for mashed potatoes.
>
>> I have always used butter in many things, and always in mashed potato
>> I have never believed the stories about it when they were trying to make
>> us buy pretendy butter instead. Nothing beats the real thing
>>
> All through my childhood my mother used margarine because it was less
> costly. Butter was reserved for holiday dinners. These days butter often
> costs less than margarine and it sure as heck tastes better.

We never had butter when I was growing up. I don't know if it was because
my mom had to eat it as a child and they churned their own or they really
thought margarine was better for us. My mom only ever bought Blue Bonnet.

You might think that butter is the only way to make them but if you keep
kosher, you likely wouldn't make them that way. Not if they are to be
served with meat anyway. Olive oil and broth can be used in place of butter
and milk/cream.

I tried them with cream cheese once and, yuck, yuck, yuck! It was a highly
rated Crock-Pot recipe that claimed they would keep for many hours. And
they did but we didn't like the taste of them.