/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Oh, I want to add... It's non flavored mashed potatoes I intercepted that were going to a food bank so it's just potatoes and that's it.

I wish it was those flavored Idahoan powdered mashed potatoes but oh well.

>>19236249
You can make some pretty good gnocchi with this stuff
Brown butter, onions, bacon, a little sour cream

>>19236249
>intercepted
You make it sound like you're the hamburglar, except hanging outside a donation box instead of a drive-through.

>>19236260
I looked that up, how would I make the little balls though? I am thinking maybe I can make some sort of potato pancake if it all holds together.

>>19236294
Potato flake, flour, egg, milk (or water or more egg), salt

>>19236267
There is little accountability in my level of the process as a third party company that handles some of the stock that comes from many manufacturers. We all take things now and then. Everyone in our rural warehouse has a truck so we can take stuff home. I wouldn't have taken a couple boxes but I thought it would be good for prepping/storage. I tried it a few weeks ago and it was pretty bland.

>>19236174
Salt, pepper, nutmeg, shredded cheese with milk kinda like an aligot, etc etc...

>>19236542
>nutmeg

>>19236174
Everything that makes potatoes taste better. Butter, sour cream, chives, bacon, cheese, etc. Just make them with a little less water than the recipe calls for if you add a lot of stuff that adds moisture.

I’ve always kinda liked the instant stuff, it’s not the same as freshly boiled and mashed potatoes but I always make the instant stuff when I make salisbury steak because that’s what my mom made. still one of my favorite meals

>>19236559
I use them for leftover pot roast or turkey gravy. Real mashed potatoes taste kinda weird when reheated.

I mostly use it in baking, making dumplings/croquettes, making pommes duchesse and to thicken other mashes (cauliflower, for example) into a more mashed-potato-like consistency. Otherwise, carrot mash, caulimash and others just don't have the right texture.
In lieu of those options, try boiling garlic in with the milk and butter until soft to make a simple garlic mashed potato.
Caramelised onion is also nice.
You could go "loaded baked potato" mash, with chives, sour cream, bacon and cheddar.

>>19236260
Gnocchi, yes. Exactly. Perfect for that, IMO.

Good ideas. Thanks. It'll last me awhile.

>>19236174
I make chicken and corn soup and use them at the end with a bit of cream or milk, Pepin did that in one of his shows and it works wonders.

>>19236174
Butter, gravy and bacon bits, obviously.

Get the basics down. Ratios really matter with getting consistently good results.

For me it's pouring hot salted chicken stock into a mixing bowl of potato flakes, letting it sit for a minute, then whipping in butter and milk using an electric mixer. If you don't buy stock, at least buy some decent chicken bouillon.

Use chicken stock instead of water
Use half & half instead of milk
Use electric mixer, not spoon

Congratulations, you just tricked your dinner guests into instant potatoes

>>19236174
Replace half the water you use with milk and add some salt and butter to it.