Griddle/Pan Fried: Fried mashed potatoes

Subject: Fried mashed potatoes
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: fullmetalgrotus at aol.com (FullMetalGrotus)
Date: 25 Nov 2001 02:38:20 GMT
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I was at my moms and she made this. Does anyone have a recipe or can tell me how to do it?
From: Ellen Betancourt (peter at sportkite.com)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 02:58:19 GMT
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To 4 cups of leftover mashed potatos add 1 egg and 2 T of flour. Mix thoroughly. Form into into 3" patties, lightly dust with seasoned flour (flour, salt, white pepper, paprika) and pan fry in butter til golden brown on both sides. Serve with turkey in gravy.
From: Kudzu (kudzu at att.net)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 07:02:53 GMT
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It sounds wonderful!

Seasons Greetings!
Jules
From: Charlie L. Gifford (taxicolor at dublin.com)
Date: 25 Nov 2001 08:45:52 GMT
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Ellen wrote
> To 4 cups of leftover mashed potatos add 1 egg and 2 T of flour. Mix
> thoroughly. Form into into 3" patties, lightly dust with seasoned flour
> (flour, salt, white pepper, paprika) and pan fry in butter til golden
> brown on both sides. Serve with turkey in gravy.

I do it a little differently. I make 4 to 5 inch patties. I don't season my flour - I season the potatoes with salt and pepper before making patties . I fry them in bacon fat. I serve them with fried eggs, tomatoes and bacon or sausage. It is a breakfast thing in my family.
From: Ranee Mueller (raneem at harbornet.com)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:18:38 -0800
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C. L. Gifford wrote:
> I do it a little differently. I make 4 to 5 inch patties. I
> don't season my flour - I season the potatoes with salt and
> pepper before making patties . I fry them in bacon fat. I
> serve them with fried eggs, tomatoes and bacon or sausage. It
> is a breakfast thing in my family.

Well, our mashed potatoes are usually salted enough that I don't feel like re-salting them. I mix in an egg or two, make patties and fry in butter. We like them quite well that way.
From: Bev C. (sinkcarnospam at prodigy.net)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:04:06 -0600
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We sauté some diced onions in butter then mix the onions into the leftover potatoes with some grated cheese. Form into patties and fry on both sides. Yum. It's even better if you put the onions and cheese in the day before.

Or, you can mix in some leftover meatloaf and fry. I wet my hands before shaping the patties and it helps keep the potatoes from sticking.

As a general rule we make twice the amount of potatoes we think we'll need - just so we can fry some up the next day.
From: patscga at aol.com (Patscga)
Date: 25 Nov 2001 22:26:02 GMT
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Why don't you ask your mother?
Pat in Atlanta
From: SonofJorEl at webtv.net (Alan Ladd)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:48:16 -0800 (PST)
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>Why don't you ask your mother?
>Pat in Atlanta

I was about to respond the same thing to the original poster. I'm surprised many people responded positively instead of asking why the poster just does not ask his/her mother. I'm getting too cynical...must take a break from RFC.
From: fullmetalgrotus at aol.com (FullMetalGrotus)
Date: 26 Nov 2001 03:10:02 GMT
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>Why don't you ask your mother?
>Pat in Atlanta

She wont tell me.

But I was able to figure it out. I put butter in the frying pan, dumped some mashed potatoes in and let them cook.
Added cheddar on top and smothered with tabasco when it was done (I once learned the hard way not to add tabasco while the food was still cooking...)
From: frater mus (mouse.news at mousetrap.net)
Date: 26 Nov 2001 16:28:16 -0600
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FullMetalGrotus wrote
> once learned the hard way not to add tabasco while the food was still
> cooking...)

What happens?