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jmcquown[_2_]

On 12/11/2014 8:21 AM, wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:15:47 -0600, Moe DeLoughan >
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/11/2014 5:43 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 12/11/2014 6:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 2014-12-11 03:07:33 +0000, koko said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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've had mashed potatoes where they replaced the butter and milk or
>> cream with chicken broth. THAT was a waste of time.
>
> I saw that suggested somewhere and thought yuck. It is true, if you
> are diet conscious, that the spud is not too bad - it's what you do
> with it and put on it. However so long as you're not eating them
> three times a day gussied up with cream and butter, once in a while
> does no harm
>
+1

Jill