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farmkitty
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angela
Anderson
South Carolina
USA
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 Posted - Mar 07 2007 : 5:12:15 PM
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| Does anyone remember those potato cake thingies that you could use cold leftover mashed potatoes in? I *think* the "recipe" used cold mashed potaoes, chopped onions and involved lightly flouring them into cakes before frying them? Maybe it's a southern thing but I remember them from my grandmother years ago but I have never made them...just wondering if this jogged a memory from someone else. Happy Evening! Angela |
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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2007 : 5:19:17 PM
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Oh ya, YUMMMMMMMY!!! I almost made some 2 days ago, but ended up just eating my leftover taters. Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite foods. Give me a trough full of them and I'm good! Don't need anything else!! My Mom used to form the cold taters into a pattie and dip them into an egg/milk mixture and the into a flour/cornmeal mixture and fry. Like my Grandpa would say, "That's some gooood eatin'." Are you gonna make some?
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horse
True Blue Farmgirl
371 Posts
laura
pontotoc
mississippi
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2007 : 5:35:02 PM
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Here is an old family recipe: 1/2 lb raw potatoes, finely grated. 1/2 lb. mashed potatoes. 1/2 lb all purpose flour. milk and 1 egg, salt and pepper. Squeeze out excess water from raw potatoes. Combine raw potatoes and mashed potatoes. Add salt and pepper and flour. Beat egg and add to mixture with just enough milk to make a batter tht will drop from a spoon. Drop by tablespoons into a hot griddle or skillet. Cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
This is an irish recipe which my family calls, "BOXTY"
"Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan. If you can't make boxty, you'll never get your man"
just an old irish saying.
Laura
www.2lmzfarms.blogspot.com |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2007 : 7:09:13 PM
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my granny used to make something like that..they were yummy.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Vintage Redhead
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Kaylyn
Saint Charles
IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 08 2007 : 10:59:20 AM
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Oh, *YUM*! Of course, I don't think I've ever met a form of potato that I didn't absolutely *love*. Just strap a 10 lb bag to my buns...
Laura - I've printed your recipe. I've got taters in the truck. That's dinner for tomorrow night. ~ K
~ Kaylyn
(Living in Suburbia with a FARMGIRL Heart!)
My Current Cause: http://nickspavilion.blogspot.com/ |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2007 : 11:14:40 PM
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Laura, my (very Irish) father used to make these. Exact same recipe, except Daddy didn't grate the raw potato all that finely. We just called them potato pancakes. If you get the color and crunch just right, oh, there is nothing more delicious!
I also love latkes, the little potato pancakes that are a must at Passover seder in Jewish households. Of course, they can be enjoyed any time.
No matter how sophisticated we get, and how many nouvelle whatnots pass between our lips, nothing satisfies like "plain old." Isn't that right? |
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ArmyWifey
True Blue Farmgirl
712 Posts
Holly
Abilene
KS
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Posted - Mar 11 2007 : 09:05:32 AM
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My mom's receipe didn't involve any grated etc:
Leftover mashed taters
an egg
baking powder (1tsp or so)
Flour (enough to form a soft dough that will hold together)
salt and pepper to taste
Spoon into hot oil and fry until crisp -- serve hot with Karo syrup and butter. Nummy nummy!
The cornmeal sounds interesting as well.
Wouldn't surprise me if this is descended from an Irish recipe/depression type recipe --- there are lots of Scotch-Irish in them thar hills!
Blessings,
Holly
ps-- we love latkes here too!
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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UrbanChick
True Blue Farmgirl
331 Posts
Ayako
Atlanta
GA
USA
331 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2007 : 12:23:15 PM
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My mom always made these. We are Japanese so I suppose it was a japanese version of what she called potato croquettes. She added green onion and mashed potato. She used flour, egg and then dipped them in japanese bread crumbs called panko. Then she fried them. She then would dress them on a plate and add a japanese sauce. When I make them I use tonkatsu sauce on them.
"Courage dosen't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying: I will try again tomorrow." |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2007 : 6:46:15 PM
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| I've recently discovered panko -- I love it! The flavor is subtle and it stays crunchy. Ayako, your mother's croquettes sound delicious! |
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ByHzGrace
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
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Posted - Mar 11 2007 : 11:00:20 PM
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leftover mashed potatoes? that has never happened with me at the table lol.
O Panko and tonkatsu ...how cool!
I've got to get out of the kitchen threads before I end up with a bowl. |
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OregonGal
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Chris
No. IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 7:45:58 PM
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Sounds like Shepherd's pie. Mix together and put in a casserole dish ground beef that's been browned, Lipton dry onion soup, some cream of mushroom soup, top that with a pkg of frozen corn (or peas) and on top of that put the left over mashed potatoes. 400 degrees for 30 minutes or so.
You can google 'Shepherd Pie' and find a zillion recipes for those left over mashed potatoes. Some people deliberately make too much mashed
potatoes so they can have Shepherd Pie the next day - good planning. Here's one of the websites: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000216easy_shepherds_pie.php |
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Vintage Redhead
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Kaylyn
Saint Charles
IL
USA
233 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2007 : 08:46:27 AM
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Chris:
**YUMMY**!!! I haven't had Shepherd's Pie in soooooo long. I think I'll make some for dinner tonight. DH isn't here and I think my boys will *love* it! Thanks for the tip!
And you live in one of my *favorite* places in IL! I love town of Oregon - it's just *gorgeous*! DH and I have been there many times during our weekends out to White Pines. Love the Rock (I grew up in Rockford - it's much prettier down your way!), love the community, love the houses, love the antique stores & shops, love the small-town connection there.
Sorry for the hijack, gals.... ~ K
~ Kaylyn
(Living in Suburbia with a FARMGIRL Heart!)
My Current Cause: http://nickspavilion.blogspot.com/ |
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horse
True Blue Farmgirl
371 Posts
laura
pontotoc
mississippi
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2007 : 7:02:12 PM
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Okay girls, throwing one at ya;
Green Grits Pie.
Want the recipe? Gotta go to my blog www.2lmzfarms.blogspot.com
You want Irish recipies. I can give them to ya. My Mother's family is from Irland. Red hair and all. I didn't get the red hair just the love of a good time and good food!!!
Laura
www.2lmzfarms.blogspot.com
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2007 : 9:17:33 PM
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Yummie!! Thank you all for the recipes and websites! I have them printed/saved!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Potato cakes?
