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Post by nonentropic on Apr 24, 2020 23:48:37 GMT
Put butter in. Health food.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 25, 2020 0:07:00 GMT
Ok. Red potatoes are a high wax potatoe. Russets are low wax. Irish Cobblers Red potatoes are a better potatoe to boil and bake. Better consistency boiled, then mashed. Red potatoes when baked are a much more creamy potatoe. The Russet potatoes that are sold for fresh are usually not Burbank varieties anymore. The ones sold for the fresh market would never be used for french fries. Fresh potatoes are also stored under cooler temperatures than process potatoes. When doing so, the sugars get screwed up, resulting in dark, soggy fries. You can try and use fresh russets for french fries, but you must condition them 1st. Keep in a dark high humidity room at 55-60F for a minimum of 4 weeks. Better if you can for 6 weeks. Also, time of harvest. In the fall, prior to cooling down, you could buy russets and they may work for FF. Yellow flesh spuds are more versatile. The downfall with them is they don't boil well. The secret here is to add 1 red for each yellow. The red spuds will provide the texture when mashed. The yellow provide the pre buttered appearance. The yellow color actually fools your taste buds into detecting a buttery flavor. In comparison, the Irish had a simple choice.  |
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 25, 2020 0:08:37 GMT
Ok. Red potatoes are a high wax potatoe. Russets are low wax. Red potatoes are a better potatoe to boil and bake. Better consistency boiled, then mashed. Red potatoes when baked are a much more creamy potatoe. The Russet potatoes that are sold for fresh are usually not Burbank varieties anymore. The ones sold for the fresh market would never be used for french fries. Fresh potatoes are also stored under cooler temperatures than process potatoes. When doing so, the sugars get screwed up, resulting in dark, soggy fries. You can try and use fresh russets for french fries, but you must condition them 1st. Keep in a dark high humidity room at 55-60F for a minimum of 4 weeks. Better if you can for 6 weeks. Also, time of harvest. In the fall, prior to cooling down, you could buy russets and they may work for FF. Yellow flesh spuds are more versatile. The downfall with them is they don't boil well. The secret here is to add 1 red for each yellow. The red spuds will provide the texture when mashed. The yellow provide the pre buttered appearance. The yellow color actually fools your taste buds into detecting a buttery flavor. In comparison, the Irish had a simple choice. Irish Cobblers |
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Post by Ratty on Apr 25, 2020 1:04:12 GMT
It's the question that has troubled mankind for centuries. PS: I did answer 'moi' silently.  There's a MacDonald's next to the grocery store we usually go to. There's been a looonnggg line at the drive-thru for the entire 'shutdown'. Which of course means the kitchen/serving window crew are cross-contaminating every household that sends someone there for takeout. the plan for the herd. |
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 25, 2020 3:57:55 GMT
There's a MacDonald's next to the grocery store we usually go to. There's been a looonnggg line at the drive-thru for the entire 'shutdown'. Which of course means the kitchen/serving window crew are cross-contaminating every household that sends someone there for takeout. the plan for the herd. And that will ruin the Fear stampede. |
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 25, 2020 16:15:09 GMT
And speaking of potatoes ...
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 27, 2020 15:32:59 GMT
A decade ago the same thing happened at about the same point in the solar cycle. One difference is that the La Nina underway then has not appeared yet. Russia Halts Wheat Exports, Deepening Fears of Global Food Shortagestime.com/5827804/russia-wheat-food-shortage/ |
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 28, 2020 23:36:46 GMT
Not good at all! This is what a "green" America will look like in the future. Meat is bad.........ya know? |
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 29, 2020 0:09:44 GMT
[ Snip ] Who the hell needs MacDonalds. It's the question that has troubled mankind for centuries. PS: I did answer 'moi' silently. Or at least since the MacDonalds' moved their operations out of Scotland. |
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Post by Ratty on Apr 29, 2020 0:12:09 GMT
It's the question that has troubled mankind for centuries. PS: I did answer 'moi' silently. Or at least since the MacDonalds' moved their operations out of Scotland. Is this a MacDonald? Anyone know their tartans?  |
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 29, 2020 0:28:14 GMT
Or at least since the MacDonalds' moved their operations out of Scotland. Is this a MacDonald? Anyone know their tartans? Careful thar Ratty. That looks like a prehistoric Icelander. Them thar Vilings liked their women. Bagpipes included. |
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 29, 2020 2:13:56 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 29, 2020 2:15:46 GMT
Is this a MacDonald? Anyone know their tartans? Careful thar Ratty. That looks like a prehistoric Icelander. Them thar Vilings liked their women. Bagpipes included. Vikings had bagpipes? |
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 29, 2020 5:16:16 GMT
Careful thar Ratty. That looks like a prehistoric Icelander. Them thar Vilings liked their women. Bagpipes included. Vikings had bagpipes? Anything around their trade route. I think they were better at blowing horns though. Genealogy indicates one heck of a trade route. |
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Post by nautonnier on Apr 29, 2020 12:40:19 GMT
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