Comments on: Waving my Potato Freak Flag http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html This James Beard Award-winning site from David Leite offers food writing, cookbook and Portuguese recipes, giveaways, more. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:08:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Leite http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-8533 David Leite Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:11:09 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-8533 Diane, do let us know how your husband likes the pizza. Diane, do let us know how your husband likes the pizza.

]]> By: littlepurpleroom http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-8477 littlepurpleroom Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:21:33 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-8477 Oh, David I am so glad I found you. I too grow potatoes and this past year did it in bags of straw. Had glorious potatoes. Could reach down into the straw and feel around for just the right size. My dear husband is such a PF. I remember one day I made home fries for breakfast, had potato salad with lunch and had garlic mashed potatoes with dinner. He says that was one of the best days of his life. I am going to surprise him with this recipe. I'm sure to get a BIG smoooch out of it. Thanks so much. Diane Oh, David I am so glad I found you. I too grow potatoes and this past year did it in bags of straw. Had glorious potatoes. Could reach down into the straw and feel around for just the right size. My dear husband is such a PF. I remember one day I made home fries for breakfast, had potato salad with lunch and had garlic mashed potatoes with dinner. He says that was one of the best days of his life. I am going to surprise him with this recipe. I’m sure to get a BIG smoooch out of it. Thanks so much.

Diane

]]> By: Reath Risaliti http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-2148 Reath Risaliti Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:36:08 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-2148 When my son was little, I would tell him that good mashed potatoes were better than ice cream. For some reason, he didn't believe me. I guess he didn't inherit my potato genes, as I haven't met a potato I didn't like. When my son was little, I would tell him that good mashed potatoes were better than ice cream. For some reason, he didn’t believe me. I guess he didn’t inherit my potato genes, as I haven’t met a potato I didn’t like.

]]> By: Jamie Lothridge http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-2094 Jamie Lothridge Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:04:40 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-2094 Yum, I too am a potato freak...potato pizza sounds right up my alley! Great Post, David! Yum, I too am a potato freak…potato pizza sounds right up my alley! Great Post, David!

]]> By: David Leite http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-2089 David Leite Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:44:30 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-2089 Mary, I'm so jealous. My dad has been growing our family's potatoes for years, but I'm not usually up there to eat them the day they're picked. That does make such a difference. For the potato-bacon pizza, I use carola potatoes that I get from <a href="http://www.maplebankfarm.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Maple Bank Farm</a>, in Roxbury, CT. They were usually a day or two out of the ground. So sweet, nutty, and delicious. Mary, I’m so jealous. My dad has been growing our family’s potatoes for years, but I’m not usually up there to eat them the day they’re picked. That does make such a difference. For the potato-bacon pizza, I use carola potatoes that I get from Maple Bank Farm, in Roxbury, CT. They were usually a day or two out of the ground. So sweet, nutty, and delicious.

]]> By: Mary K http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-2088 Mary K Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:37:13 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-2088 We grew our own potatoes for the first time this year. It was a great success. It's so much fun to dig in and find the potatoes hiding in the dirt. I never thought home-grown would make much of a difference with potatoes, but I was so wrong. Delicious! Only problem—we didn't grow enough! We grew our own potatoes for the first time this year. It was a great success. It’s so much fun to dig in and find the potatoes hiding in the dirt. I never thought home-grown would make much of a difference with potatoes, but I was so wrong. Delicious! Only problem—we didn’t grow enough!

]]> By: Bret Beall http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-2082 Bret Beall Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:09:36 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-2082 I, too, am a potato freak. Love them every way possible. Had a minor meltdown on Friday when I went out to enjoy one such way, as "chips" accompanied by fish...was served the poorest excuse for chips I can imagine. Underdone, soggy, greasy ... I mentioned it to the server, and he just said, "OK." If you ever come to Chicago, avoid Uncommon Ground ... disaster. Keep up the good work! I, too, am a potato freak. Love them every way possible. Had a minor meltdown on Friday when I went out to enjoy one such way, as “chips” accompanied by fish…was served the poorest excuse for chips I can imagine. Underdone, soggy, greasy … I mentioned it to the server, and he just said, “OK.” If you ever come to Chicago, avoid Uncommon Ground … disaster. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: David Leite http://leitesculinaria.com/23165/writings-waving-my-potato-freak-flag.html#comment-2073 David Leite Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:18:03 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23165#comment-2073 Holly, I have used mint on buttered potatoes, as well as parsley, basil, and a bunch of other herbs. <em>Delicious</em>. Holly, I have used mint on buttered potatoes, as well as parsley, basil, and a bunch of other herbs. Delicious.

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