Baked: Baked Potato Martini
Subject: Baked Potato Martini
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: kevnbro (kevnbro at sbcglobal.net)
Date: 11 Dec 2005 13:35:44 -0800
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Bake large Idaho potato.
When cool- puree with butter, sour cream, chedder cheese, bacon bits and salt/pepper to taste. Spoon into a warmed martini glass and garnish with fresh chives
Enjoy!! ;)
Kev
From: jake (kaaskoper at hotmail.com)
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:36:57 +0100
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But what about the olive?
From: kevnbro (kevnbro at sbcglobal.net)
Date: 11 Dec 2005 13:40:12 -0800
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jake wrote:
>But what about the olive?
Of course you can garnish with an olive! Also good- pickled onion, pickled okra or a personal favorite that I thought was too "out there", those little pickled corncobs.
From: jake (kaaskoper at hotmail.com)
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:43:13 +0100
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kevnbro wrote:
> Of course you can garnish with an olive! Also good- pickled onion,
> pickled okra or a personal favorite that I thought was too "out there",
> those little pickled corncobs.
How about corncobs with one of those toothpick umbrellas to stick it into the glass?
From: kevnbro (kevnbro at sbcglobal.net)
Date: 11 Dec 2005 13:49:44 -0800
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jake wrote:
> How about corncobs with one of those toothpick umbrellas to stick it
> into the glass?
A toothpick umbrella is a welcome addition as are those little yellow, plastic corn cob holders to stab your garnish with.
From: The Bubbo (oyobo at v3lf3t-sea.com)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:07:59 GMT
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kevnbro wrote:
> Spoon into a warmed martini glass and garnish with fresh chives
Get it right, dude, this is a MASHED potato martini!! god, what the hell is wrong with you?
From: pennyaline (norwegianblue at icelandichoneyweek.org)
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:51:35 -0700
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The Bubbo wrote:
> Get it right, dude, this is a MASHED potato martini!!
> god, what the hell is wrong with you?
It's only a mashed potato martini if you pour it into a glass. Leave it in its skin and it remains a bakedtini.
From: Wayne Boatwright (waynesgang at waynes.gang)
Date: 12 Dec 2005 04:06:36 +0100
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Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it kevnbro?
> Spoon into a warmed martini glass and garnish with fresh chives
What a totally STUPID idea!
From: Bronwyn (bf at australiamail.com)
Date: 11 Dec 2005 21:49:21 -0800
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> What a totally STUPID idea!
good on you Wayne! I wasn't game to stick my neck out <G>
From: aem (aem_again at yahoo.com)
Date: 11 Dec 2005 22:40:40 -0800
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Bronwyn wrote:
> good on you Wayne! I wasn't game to stick my neck out <G>
Okay, if you guys weren't paying attention originally, and if your sense of humor was temporarily numbed by the loss of a pet, maybe you might have missed that it was a joke. But after the responses and the riposte, it still doesn't strike you as funny? Sheesh. -aem
From: King's Crown (qoe at earthlink.net)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:44:43 GMT
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aem wrote:
>Okay, if you guys weren't paying attention originally, and if your
>sense of humor was temporarily numbed by the loss of a pet, maybe you
>might have missed that it was a joke. But after the responses and the
>riposte, it still doesn't strike you as funny? Sheesh. -aem
I thought it had to be a joke after all the other martini alterations I've seen posted. Someone decided to just go that one step further and really make one sound ridicules. :P
From: Nancy Young (qwerty at monmouth.com)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:56:44 -0500
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aem wrote:
>Okay, if you guys weren't paying attention originally, and if your
>sense of humor was temporarily numbed by the loss of a pet, maybe you
>might have missed that it was a joke. But after the responses and the
>riposte, it still doesn't strike you as funny? Sheesh. -aem
**(laugh) I thought is was funny. Guy knows how to take a beating with a sense of humor, doesn't he.
From: Wayne Boatwright (waynesgang at waynes.gang)
Date: 12 Dec 2005 14:20:06 +0100
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Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy Young?
> **(laugh) I thought is was funny. Guy knows how to take a beating
> **with a sense of humor, doesn't he.
Joke or not, I didn't think it was least bit funny. Considering the source, I'm not at all surprised.
From: Nancy Young (qwerty at monmouth.com)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:45:56 -0500
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Joke or not, I didn't think it was least bit funny. Considering the source,
> I'm not at all surprised.
I guess I missed something. nancy
From: Bob Myers (nospamplease at address.invalid)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:32:24 GMT
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Joke or not, I didn't think it was least bit funny. Considering the source,
> I'm not at all surprised.
For Wayne's next trick, he will attempt to have his sense of humor surgically RE-installed, live and on this very stage...
From: Wayne Boatwright (waynesgang at waynes.gang)
Date: 12 Dec 2005 19:17:29 +0100
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Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bob Myers?
> For Wayne's next trick, he will attempt to have his sense
> of humor surgically RE-installed, live and on this very stage...
Sorry, I still think it was stupid.
From: Dan Abel (dabel at sonic.net)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:24:20 -0800
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Joke or not, I didn't think it was least bit funny. Considering the source,
> I'm not at all surprised.
Some people take their martinis *way* too seriously. He posts a "recipe" for a pineapple martini, and *you* know that isn't a martini, and *I* know it isn't either. We post our alternative opinions. I'm done with it. He still wants to call it a martini, I have no problem. He wants to call it "meatloaf"? I'll call him on it. After that, not my problem.
So say I go to this guy's house. He wants to serve me a meatloaf. What's in the meatloaf? Fresh pineapple, vanilla beans and booze. Aged, so the vanilla beans and pineapple release their flavors. I'll take two, thanks. Extra pineapple please. I just *love* fresh pineapple.
From: Julia Altshuler (jaltshuler at comcast.net)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:27:53 -0500
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Nancy Young wrote:
> **(laugh) I thought he was funny. Guy knows how to take a beating
> **with a sense of humor, doesn't he.
This is twice now that, if we were taking a vote, I'd have to go with funny. Please, please, don't make people start putting LOL at the end of every sentence to indicate humor. I hate it when the obvious has to be made more obvious, and jokes aren't worth much when you have to laugh at them yourself to make sure everyone knows they've heard the punch line.
--Lia
From: zxcvbob (zxcvbob at charter.net)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:42:14 -0600
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Julia Altshuler wrote:
> This is twice now that, if we were taking a vote, I'd have to go with
> funny. Please, please, don't make people start putting LOL at the end
> of every sentence to indicate humor. I hate it when the obvious has to
> be made more obvious, and jokes aren't worth much when you have to laugh
> at them yourself to make sure everyone knows they've heard the punch line.
I thought the potato martini thing was amusing. Not every joke is "laugh out loud" funny, nor should they be.
Best regards,
Bob
From: Jim at TTA.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:40:52 -0700
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>What a totally STUPID idea!
I'm with Wayne on this one. What's next Mac & Cheese?
From: sarah bennett (anisaerah at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:12:54 GMT
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> What a totally STUPID idea!
this actually sounds like a cute idea to me. I'd put "martini" in quotes, though.
From: kevnbro (kevnbro at sbcglobal.net)
Date: 12 Dec 2005 08:36:02 -0800
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I think i'm better now!
It was my therapist's idea to post the baked potato martini recipe. She said that the best way for me to get over the week-long anxiety brought on by the "pineapple martini" fiasco was to poke fun at myself by confronting my fears and exposing myself to even more criticism through this rediculous post.
She says I should be back to, "pre-pineapple martini post drink mixing for my friends" by New Years!!
Thanks Doc Lynn!! Kev
From: Wayne Boatwright (waynesgang at waynes.gang)
Date: 12 Dec 2005 19:17:02 +0100
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Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it kevnbro?
> I think i'm better now!
> It was my therapist's idea to post the baked potato martini recipe.
> She said that the best way for me to get over the week-long anxiety
> brought on by the "pineapple martini" fiasco was to poke fun at myself
Perhaps what would make you feel even better is a properly made Gin Martini!
From: kevnbro (kevnbro at sbcglobal.net)
Date: 12 Dec 2005 10:27:17 -0800
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Wayne wrote:
>Perhaps what would make you feel even better is a properly made Gin Martini!
I make "properly made Gin Martini's" quite frequently actually, but my newbie education has taught me that it would be foolish of me to say what one is.
It's kinda' like UFO's, Bigfoot or the Lochness Monster- the idea that they exist is fascinating but you're in for a world of ridicule if you say they do. Kev
From: Dan Abel (dabel at sonic.net)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:44:24 -0800
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kevnbro wrote:
> I think i'm better now!
> It was my therapist's idea to post the baked potato martini recipe.
Thanks for posting this. I just loved it!
I'm not going to do it, though. If I did, it would be a little different.
I'm sorry that your feelings were hurt. I really am. Sometimes you need a little bit of a thick skin when you post to newsgroups. I just had a little different concept than you did. I expressed what I thought.
From: The Bubbo (oyobo at v3lf3t-sea.com)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:39:13 GMT
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kevnbro wrote:
> I think i'm better now!
> It was my therapist's idea to post the baked potato martini recipe.
i thought it as just a goofy joke, hence the response about it being a MASHED POTATO martini
(which it is, dammit)
.:Heather:.