jmcquown wrote:

> On 12/15/2019 3:08 PM, jay wrote:
> > On 12/14/19 11:59 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> > > I just got the cream, potatoes and garlic!
> > >
> > > I HAVE the Gruyere Cheese! And White Pepper.
> > >
> > > Now, to MAKE! :-) Maybe after lunch!
> > >
> > > John Kuthe...
> > >
> >
> > Way too much garlic.
>
> He acts as if garlic mashed potatoes is something new and special.
> It's not. Gruyere is just another type of Swiss cheese. Nothing new
> about cheese in mashed potatoes, either. There's nothing special or
> magical about anything he does. Of course if he shouts about it in
> CAPS often enough, maybe he can convince himself.
>
> Jill

Grin, but seriously, he may have never made them before. There a LOT
of things I've never made and found were very simple once I tried. A
basic milk sauce starting with a roux is a recent one for me. That
might sound silly to others, but if you add up my mother struggled to
do more than boil a block of veggies leaving me and the kids to be self
taught, then you get the odd gaps.

Fortunately no one here laughed at me too hard at me figuring out how
easy it is at my age a few months ago. After all, my cookery isn't
even faintly french derived and doesn't use gravy often.