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Rank the following types of potato preparation methods and give a justification for full marks:
Wedges w/ sour cream and sweet chilli would be # 1 for me.
Jacket potato with butter, cheese, sour cream, bacon and spring onion, chilli, pepper & salt would be mine.
Where is microwave'd potato? This is a farce
Travesty
Oh and you forgot baked and croquettes and...
I have this one from across the ditch
There maybe more.
I have the family circle one, and the potato covered scotch egg meatloaf is a regular feature on our menu.
Do you recall when it was a magazine and kids cuckoo club?
Nope, I think i inherited the cookbook from my mums then partners kitchen (after his wife moved out.... complicated times!)
Ok, if we want to make this game more interesting, add in gnocchi and croquettes
Impossible. I'd give a different answer depending on my hunger level, hormones, companion, or it just being a Tuesday.
Iβm with you - itβs impossible to rank
Roast potato. The crispy edges are delicious.
Mashed potatoes. Nothing nicer with home made gravy.
Chips with mayo from the fritkot off Grande Place.
Roasted potato has to be on top, but hot chips (not shoestring, proper hot chips deep fried) and potato chips are close behind. I like a good wedge with sour cream too, and mashed potato has its place.
Now I really want potato.
Shoestring fries are probably my favourite. But they're unhealthy so need to be eaten in moderation, same for crisps.
Wedges can be risky. I've had a bunch that haven't been cooked well. They're easy to prepare at home but isn't that just kinda a rustic style roast?
Mashed, serves a purpose as a side, base or pie crust. You can zhoosh it up with things like cheese, garlic and bacon then feed it to your GF while she's having a hard time.
Roast - Classic.
Boiled - Intermediary state. Reminds me of of culinary devoid Irish grandma.
Scollop potato Like a cheese and potato bake, makes me think of celebratory meals, eg. xmas.
Potato Gratin. Tried the aldi one once and it was okay but one of my favourite things about potato is that it's cheap.
I raise you on culinary devoid gran -- pressure cooked broccoli = grey mush
Baked potato is best.
However the potato variety in Australia is pretty bad.
Proper baking potatoes (Russett?) and Yukon Gold potatoes for mashing are top tier.
Y'all can argue, but you'd be wrong.
I wonβt argue. I reckon potato quality has been declining for years. Iβve tried all the supermarket ones and ones from green grocers and I just canβt replicate the fluffiness and flavour of baked or roast potatoes I remember from decades ago. Where. Are. The. GOOD. Potatoes.
S'cuse me teacher, I do not understand your question. Can you please explain your question in more detail regarding ranking?
You're the 50th person who has said that to me this week. Back to school I go.
Rank them for most enjoyable to least enjoyable, based on how you feel in this very moment.
Hey, I'm having all the feels about this. Things like MyersβBriggs I get different results on different days. Stupid questions like the library/party one. I work in a bloody library this question does not work.
About the potato question? Yeah I get that.
I argue that the library/party question is another level of absurdity though.
I have a house of mash potato loving fiends, so most days I cook mash. Myself I am partial to roast potatoes and who doesn't love a shoestring fry. Wedges as a side to a robust manly meal like brisket, and I will admit to loving a boiled or even microwaved spud with salt, butter and chives. I make a beautiful potato scallop bake, never got on the gratin train but love a potato rosti. My favourite crisps are original salted crinkle cut. There is no bad potato in my book. The perfect addition to any meal in any form.