The Potato

[johnnie]

Poll question: The Potato

I'm just curious:

[XemaSab]

1. Organic

Read "the botany of desire", please...

[tk2kewl]

2. i picked fries, but twice-baked is nice too. mmmm

[kick-ass-bob]

3. All of the above.

And many more as well. The potato is probably my favorite food.

:9

[demnan]

4. Baked

If you want a real treat try some fresh basil pesto on a hot baked potato. My favorite way to eat both of these.

[billyskank]

5. All ways

Potatoes rock! :headbang:

[Wapsie B]

6. What? No Freedom Fries?

:hide:

[Odonata]

7. "boy, this is good...

isn't it interesting how everybody's mom's potatobug salad tastes different"?

- Gary Larson

[skygazer]

8. Any way you make 'em

And raw as well (though not in large quantities but I always nosh on a slice of raw potato when I'm making them).

[NuckinFutz]

12. I eat 'em raw, too...but no salt

I could live on potatoes and cheese, in just about any combination, and cooked just about any way possible.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. same here. Love a little slice or two of raw potato

and I don't think there is a bad way to fix them either.
boiled with butter
steamed
in a Spanish tortilla, a great wonderful cheese/egg/potato thingy
twice baked
ensalada

[tridim]

9. Voted for "mashed" but only with good gravy

I also love potato pancakes and tater tots if they're not too greasy.

[MissMillie]

10. and some garlic

Garlic mashed 'taters RULE!

[NuckinFutz]

14. I still haven't got the hang of good gravy...sooooo...

I just use enough butter, milk, and seasonings that gravy becomes...well...gravy. You know, nice, but not necessary.

[tridim]

20. I'm a gravy expert, I have it down to a science.

Add equal amounts of butter and flour to a teflon skillet (if it's too dry and doesn't collapse on itself you'll get lumps), cook for about 5 minutes. Add liquid (usually broth and milk) in one shot while off the heat, whisk briskly for about 15 seconds (if you don't use a whisk it'll lump up). Turn to low and let simmer until it's thick enough. Add more seasoning. It comes out perfect every time. :P

[NuckinFutz]

22. I'll try it this way...thanks.............n/t

[johnnie]

11. I am not really big on them

I voted for potato salad, German potato salad to be precise. My mother's German potato salad to be even more precise.
I'll eat potatoes, but I'm not big on them as much as many people are.

[Mutley]

13. Mashed.

With butter and salt, and some lumps left over.

[Shell Beau]

15. Where is the "all of the above" option?

I like potatoes almost any way they can be done. I also love to eat them raw!

[GOPisEvil]

16. Thank you! Where's all of the above?

[johnnie]

18. There were so many ways

I forgot about the "all of the above" I guess that could be "other".

[RebelOne]

17. Baked with gobs of butter and sour cream.

I don't eat potatoes that often, but when I do that's how I like them.

[youthere]

19. I like them just about anyway...

but my favorite is boiled...drizzled in melted butter and topped with toasted bread crumbs. MMMMMMMMMMM.

Second best is hash browns made fresh (not those frozen potato bricks) from raw potatoes.

[sakabatou]

21. A like them all!

[RoyGBiv]

24. Baked, but ...

Hash browns run a close second.

And thank you for distinguishing between hash browsn and home fries. One of the worst culinary shocks of my life was walking into a restaurant in a certain part of the country, ordering hash browns, and getting home fries. "What's the difference?" I was asked when I noted I had not received what I ordered.

Sheesh.