Equipment: Electric roaster for potatoes?

Subject: Electric roaster for potatoes?
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: pusssykatt at aol.com (Billie)
Date: 04 Apr 2003 19:13:08 GMT
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I'm looking for something that I can cook large amounts of scalloped potatoes. I don't have an electric roaster, but I'm considering buying one. I have done a google check and checked the Nesco website, and found that it can be used for scalloped potatoes. Has anyone used an electric roaster for something like this and what was the outcome?

Billie

"STUPIDITY IS NOT A HANDICAP. Park elsewhere!"
From: BFMartin (nomail at nospam.com)
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 19:39:09 GMT
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This may sound too obvious, but what about an ordinary roasting pan and your oven?

Byron F. Martin
From: pusssykatt at aol.com (Billie)
Date: 04 Apr 2003 23:13:53 GMT
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BFMartin wrote:
>This may sound too obvious, but what about an ordinary roasting pan
>and your oven?

I'm not going to have room in my oven, because of cooking other food.

Thanks for the replies.
From: penmart01 at aol.como (Sheldon)
Date: 04 Apr 2003 23:27:14 GMT
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Billiewrites:
>I'm not going to have room in my oven, because of cooking other food.

Anything preventing your cooking scalloped potatoes a day earlier, storing in the fridge, and then reheating after cooking whatever else?
From: pusssykatt at aol.com (Billie)
Date: 05 Apr 2003 00:25:04 GMT
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Sheldon wrote:
>Anything preventing your cooking scalloped potatoes a day earlier, storing in
>the fridge, and then reheating after cooking whatever else?

Possible, but if an electric roaster will do the job, it would work out better.

Thanks.
From: penmart01 at aol.como (Sheldon)
Date: 05 Apr 2003 01:29:59 GMT
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Billie writes:
>Possible, but if an electric roaster will do the job, it would work out
>better.

You said you don't have and electric roaster and asked for an *alternative*... and actually a casserole dish like scalloped potatoes is better reheated and eaten the next day.
From: Chris Lemon (clemon79 at NOSPAMattbi.com)
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 02:52:08 GMT
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Sheldon wrote:
> You said you don't have and electric roaster and asked for an *alternative*

No, pinhead, she said she didn't have one and might buy one, particularly if it would aid in then production of the dish in question. Several people then told her it would work just fine. So how about a recommendation? G'wan, type "electric roaster" into Google, we know how you operate.

Here, I'll help:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006BIMC

...there's a nice big inexpensive one that seems to be well thought of.

> ... and actually a casserole dish like scalloped
> potatoes is better reheated and eaten the next day.

And she said "no." Get over it, jackass.
From: RB (excite at home.com)
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 22:40:04 -0800
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Chris Lemon wrote:
>>... and actually a casserole dish like scalloped
>>potatoes is better reheated and eaten the next day.
>
> And she said "no." Get over it, jackass.

No, they said, and I quote: "Possible, but if an electric roaster will do the job, it would work out better." Now who's the jackass? Jackass. Besides where did you get the "she" from? It could be a guy for all you know moron. I usually don't argue wits with an unarmed person - or respond to trolls - but I just couldn't resist this one.
From: zxcvbob (zxcvbob at charter.net)
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:00:45 -0600
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Billie wrote:
> I'm looking for something that I can cook large amounts of scalloped potatoes.
> I don't have an electric roaster, but I'm considering buying one. I have done a
> google check and checked the Nesco website, and found that it can be used for
> scalloped potatoes. Has anyone used an electric roaster for something like this
> and what was the outcome?

Yes, I have used an 18 qt. roaster to make scalloped potatoes while working at a local "soup kitchen." The boiled sliced potatoes were made ahead of time and were in big heat-sealed plastic bags. We made a white roux in the roaster (I think it was a cup of flour and a cup of margarine, and I added about a half a small onion to the batch I made), added a gallon of milk and cooked until it was thick. Then we added, I dunno, about 20 pounds of cold potatoes to each one and cooked for an hour or so, then added a few pound of cheddar cheese. The cheese should have gone in the white sauce, but they didn't ask me :-) They turned out pretty good, and we fed about 140 people with 2 roasters full of potatoes (and meat and vegetables, etc.)

Best regards,
Bob
From: Bookwyrm (Bookwyrm at attbi.com)
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 19:32:43 -0600
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Billie wrote:
> I'm looking for something that I can cook large amounts of scalloped potatoes.
> I don't have an electric roaster, but I'm considering buying one. I have done a
> google check and checked the Nesco website, and found that it can be used for
> scalloped potatoes. Has anyone used an electric roaster for something like this
> and what was the outcome?

Our church uses them for boxed scalloped potatoes for large group dinners all the time.
From: Thierry Gerbault (ThierryGerbault at NOSPAM.att.net)
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 10:28:53 GMT
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Billie wrote:
> I'm looking for something that I can cook large amounts of scalloped
> potatoes. I don't have an electric roaster, but I'm considering buying
> one. I have done a google check and checked the Nesco website, and
> found that it can be used for scalloped potatoes. Has anyone used an
> electric roaster for something like this and what was the outcome?

An electric roaster will work just fine, but you will be missing a nice crusty brown top.
From: pusssykatt at aol.com (Billie)
Date: 05 Apr 2003 13:50:14 GMT
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Thierry Gerbault wrote:
>An electric roaster will work just fine, but you will be missing a nice
>crusty brown top.

Thanks...that was one of my concerns.
From: Janet Bostwick (nospam at cableone.net)
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 07:37:48 -0700
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Billie wrote:
> Thanks...that was one of my concerns.

If you leave them in the roaster long enough, you can have the nice, crusty brown on the bottom and sides instead. (Which we prefer)
From: penmart01 at aol.como (Sheldon)
Date: 05 Apr 2003 14:51:10 GMT
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Billie wrote:
>Thanks...that was one of my concerns.
>
>Billie "STUPIDITY

Why are you continuing to lie... you never thought any such thing, in fact you are incapable of thought... you fucking ingrate.