Subject: Have you tried this with last night's mashed potatoes?
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking

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From: Michael Horowitz (mhorowit at erols.com)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:12:17 -0500
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Winds too high to fly today, so I came home for a late b'fast. Took last night's mashed potatoes, formed them into a patty, fried them in butter and then laid a fried egg on top. NOt bad at all. - Mike

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From: Arri London (biotech at ic.ac.uk)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:53:31 -0700
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They are also good if you bread them before frying.

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From: James A. Finley (finleyja at ev1.net)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:00:21 -0600
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Arri London wrote:
> They are also good if you bread them before frying.

Add an egg and a little flour.

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From: Arri London (biotech at ic.ac.uk)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:10:07 -0700
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James A. Finley wrote:
> Add an egg and a little flour.

Don't even need that if you can't be bothered. The crumbs stick to the potatoes quite well and the potatoes patties don't fall apart.

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From: hahabogus (not at applicable.com)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:37:58 GMT
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Michael Horowitz wrote:
> Took last night's mashed potatoes, formed them into a patty,
> fried them in butter and then laid a fried egg on top.
> NOt bad at all. - Mike

Try this recipe with leftover mashed spuds. Regular onions work fine but sweet onions make it even better.

Vadalia Onion Chowder

4 slices bacon -chopped bite sized; -not crumbled
2 tbsp olive oil; or use bacon fat
4 vadialia onions; sliced
2-3 cups mashed potatoes (leftovers); I used 3
4 cloves garlic; minced
2 boxes chicken stock (approx 30 oz)
2 cups corn kernels (I used 2 cans)
2 bay leaf; (optional)
1/4 tsp dried thyme
fresh ground black pepper; LOTS
salt to taste
sour cream; see note*

Fry the bacon crisp. drain well the bacon and reserve. (Used later.)
Heat oil in large pot. low medium to med heat.
Make the onions bite sized, add to pot, cook till tender, about 10 min.
Mince the garlic, add to pot, cook 1 minute or so more.
Add broth, potatoes, corn, bay leaves, thyme. Bring the soup to a boil.
Remove the pot from the heat. Remove the bay leaves. Season with pepper.
Add sour cream.
*Note add the sour cream just before serving by the tablespoon per bowl.
This freezes better without the sour cream.
Serve in soup bowls, and sprinkle crumbled bacon on top.
this recipe needs more garlic than called for.
Note: I just stirred the crumbled bacon in with the whole batch.
Don't be shy with the garlic.
I used some turkey Stock in with this (excellent.)
Used 5 or 6 sweet onions
6-7 potatoes served as mashed.
I Didn't have vidalia onions so i used locally grown sweet onions instead.
I added a grated carrot for colour.
I think some brocolli florets might be nice as well

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From: robdgot at pacbell.net (Bob Gottlieb)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:30:01 GMT
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Michael Horowitz wrote:
> Took last night's mashed potatoes, formed them into a patty,
> fried them in butter and then laid a fried egg on top.
> NOt bad at all. - Mike

Add some flour and an egg. Make a mirapoix (sp) make a patty. Put some of the veggies on top: cover it with another patty: brush with an egg wash and put it under the broiler to heat through

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From: angelenacgvr911 at webtv.net (Angelena Mullen)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:29:17 -0700 (MST)
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They are also good Michael if you add some onions and flour to it and
fry it in butter. Then put some strawberry jam on it. Yummy!

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From: sportkite1 at aol.com (Ellen)
Date: 19 Jan 2003 21:15:21 GMT
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Michael Horowitz wrote:
>Took last night's mashed potatoes, formed them into a patty,
>fried them in butter

Yup, cept I usually add a beaten egg to the potatoes, dust them with seasoned flour and fry them in butter. Great with chopped up turkey heated in leftover gravy.

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From: Jill McQuown
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 15:20:18 -0600
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Michael Horowitz wrote:
> Took last night's mashed potatoes, formed them into a patty,
> fried them in butter and then laid a fried egg on top.

Absolutely on the potato "pancakes". Add an egg, some diced onion and garlic if desired, form into patties and fry. Never thought to put a fried egg on top :-)