Mashed: mashed potato question
Subject: mashed potato question
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Phyllis Stone (nobody at msn.com)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:52:15 -0600
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I want to make sure this is right, I can make the mashed potatoes and put them in a crock pot on warm and they will be fine, right? Like for an hour or so and all during dinner. I don't want to mess them up so please correct me if I'm wrong.
From: Sheldon (PENMART01 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:08:46 -0800 (PST)
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Phyllis Stone wrote:
> I want to make sure this is right, I can make the mashed potatoes and put
> them in a crock pot on warm and they will be fine, right? Like for an hour
> or so and all during dinner. I don't want to mess them up so please correct
> me if I'm wrong.
Why certainly, atop half a pound of melted butter.
From: Sqwertz (swertz at cluemail.compost)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:03:59 -0600
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Phyllis Stone wrote:
> I want to make sure this is right, I can make the mashed potatoes and put
> them in a crock pot on warm and they will be fine, right? Like for an hour
> or so and all during dinner. I don't want to mess them up so please correct
> me if I'm wrong.
You can make therm the night before and stick them covered, in the microwave at 60% power to reheat, stirring every couple minutes.
From: Phyllis Stone (nobody at msn.com)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:08:36 -0600
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Sqwertz wrote:
> You can make therm the night before and stick them covered, in
> the microwave at 60% power to reheat, stirring every couple
> minutes.
thanks, that could work but my oven is small, the kitchen is tiny and there is a lot of traffic going on. I get a lot of 'help'. Since grandchildren really like mashed potatoes I thought it would be nice to have that part out of the way. Even the microwave gets used a lot. I like to get everything on the table hot.
From: Julie Bove (juliebove at verizon.net)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:16:23 GMT
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Phyllis Stone wrote:
>I want to make sure this is right, I can make the mashed potatoes and put
>them in a crock pot on warm and they will be fine, right? Like for an hour
>or so and all during dinner. I don't want to mess them up so please correct
>me if I'm wrong.
That probably won't work very well. They'll probably get somewhat dried out. I tried a crockpot mashed potato recipe. It contained a lot of cream cheese and it just wasn't for me.
From: Michelle (mandm593 at hotmail.com)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:00:35 -0800 (PST)
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Phyllis Stone wrote:
> I want to make sure this is right, I can make the mashed potatoes and put
> them in a crock pot on warm and they will be fine, right? Like for an hour
> or so and all during dinner. I don't want to mess them up so please correct
> me if I'm wrong.
My family does this every year. Potatoes are mashed as usual, and the crockpot is set on low. A little butter on top, and they're fine for 3-4 hours. The very bottom can get a little scorched, but that's about it.
From: Becca (beccaNospam at hal-pc.organ)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:42:00 -0600
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Michelle wrote:
> My family does this every year. Potatoes are mashed as usual, and the
> crockpot is set on low. A little butter on top, and they're fine for
> 3-4 hours. The very bottom can get a little scorched, but that's
> about it.
Michelle, I will use a crockpot sometimes, at other times I will place all of the hot dishes in coolers (?!) to keep them hot.