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Title: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on September 25, 2011, 09:42:14 PM
I'm too lazy to upload to facebook, so I figured I'd just post it here..

The giant potato of O'Leary, PEI.  Unfortunately, we didn't go inside the potato museum, because we didn't want to pay $6 each to get in.

I actually think this potato would taste good if it were sliced, then fried in a bit of butter, but I don't think I've got a frying pan big enough
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: lmunchkin on September 25, 2011, 10:04:24 PM
Or baked in the oven then put Butter, chives, cheese, bacon bits and of course, Sour Cream!  Um, um, um

lmunch
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Jean on September 26, 2011, 12:15:09 AM
Maybe if you cut it into small enough pieces, you could fit it into your frying pan???
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Poppylicious on September 26, 2011, 07:56:05 AM
I'll have it mashed, please.

 ;D
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: willowtreewren on September 26, 2011, 08:54:10 AM
Soaking that sucker overnight would be a JOB!!  :rofl; :rofl;

Aleta
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: jbeany on September 26, 2011, 09:06:08 AM
I vote for twice-baked, with lots of cheese and bacon on top!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on September 26, 2011, 11:09:42 PM
Maybe if you cut it into small enough pieces, you could fit it into your frying pan???

yeah.. it would last a long while for sure.  Would need to borrow a chain saw

Soaking that sucker overnight would be a JOB!!  :rofl; :rofl;

oh yeah.. Could probably boil it in a hot tub, though..
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: MooseMom on September 26, 2011, 11:12:25 PM
That's one hell of a lot of potassium!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: mcclane on September 27, 2011, 07:31:44 AM
deep fried !  :yahoo;
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on September 27, 2011, 03:35:55 PM
That's one hell of a lot of potassium!

well, I think it could make more than one meal. *LOL*

deep fried !  :yahoo;

Would definitely make a lot of home fries..
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: thegrammalady on September 27, 2011, 03:54:30 PM
where is this????????????????????
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: C904 on September 27, 2011, 06:40:53 PM
In my past I could devour that giant spud.  When I was much younger sometimes for dinner I would bake four huge potatoes and they would fill a huge serving plate.  I would drench them in sour cream and butter.  Like clock work each time I did that I would be up for most of the night as my body was taking all those potatoes and converting them to sugar.  Luckily I learned later on not a good idea to devour several potatoes.
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on September 27, 2011, 11:44:44 PM
where is this????????????????????

O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, Canada.  It's on the lawn of the PEI Potato Museum.
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: cariad on September 28, 2011, 07:40:33 PM
OM NOM NOM NOM!!!!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on September 29, 2011, 09:51:05 PM
it's genetic modification at it's finest.. a potato that can feed a family of 4 for several weeks. :lol;
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: jazzin11 on September 30, 2011, 02:46:53 AM
I could soak that spud overnight in my swimming pool, but I don't think my oven would hold it for baking!  I've been to PEI for Highland Dance competitions, but never have seen the museum.  I'll have to check it out next time!

On the other hand, I do buy the two to three pound bakers and hollow out the center, fill it with broccoli, cheese, butter, and cooked bacon, then bake at 350 for three hours.  Mmmm yummy!  :thumbup;
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on September 30, 2011, 07:48:38 PM
That sounds really good, actually
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Bajanne on September 30, 2011, 10:22:05 PM
Potato salad sounds good to me!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on September 30, 2011, 11:54:41 PM
Potato salad sounds good to me!

don't know if I've got enough eggs.. *LOL*
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Darthvadar on October 01, 2011, 01:27:57 AM
My mum, being an Irish woman of a certain erm 'vintage', she'd love this!...

She says she'd like it double boiled (well, she wouldn't like it double boiled, but renal needs must!)... She says she'd like it mashed, with lots of Garlic Butter and Garlic Pepper, please!... Yes, we DO have Dragon Breath, but on the plus side, we don't get many visiting vampires!....

Darth...
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on October 01, 2011, 12:51:27 PM
A lot of Irish came here during the famine. I think it's why potatoes are such a big deal here.  Potatoes are one of our biggest exports.  It's probably why we have a "potato museum"  *LOL*
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: CebuShan on October 04, 2011, 12:00:13 PM
Definitely baked! I remember back when I was a teen, there was a place in their town called The Baked Potato. It was sort of a fast food place that only served baked potatoes with your choice of toppings. Loved that place!     :bandance;
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on October 08, 2011, 10:58:47 PM
We have a restaurant like that here, well, kind of... I forget what it's called, but it's on the North Shore and is open in the summer for tourists.  Everything on the menu has potato in it somehow.  It could be as simple as mashed or a baked potato, but they have potato pasta, potato pie, and a potato vodka martini, made with potato vodka, which is also made locally.
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: CebuShan on October 09, 2011, 04:38:26 AM
Do they also serve potato pancakes (latkes)? Yum!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Traveller1947 on October 09, 2011, 05:30:05 AM
Warm German potato salad mit or ohne Speck-- enough for the whole forum!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: CebuShan on October 09, 2011, 05:50:03 AM
Warm German potato salad mit or ohne Speck-- enough for the whole forum!
   That reminds me. My mother-in-law did not know how to cook, she tried but just couldn't. Anyway, we had a picnic at our house and she brought canned German potato salad. It was NASTY! I came into the kitchen and what did I see? One of my cats up on the counter eating the potato salad! I called my husband in to see & we both started laughing. Nobody else would touch it, just the cat! To this day, if we are in the grocery store and see a can of German potato salad, we look at each other & just crack up!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: jemmans on October 09, 2011, 06:36:30 AM
To cook a potato that big you can use an old survival method.

First select stones and cover a hole in the ground the size of the potato, then make a very hot fire for a  few hours in this hole with extra stones on top.

When the Stones are fully heated remove the remains of the fire and place the giant potato in the the hole (with the help of others).

Now place the extra stones on top of the potato and cover with earth or sand from the surrounding area.

Leave giant potato to cook overnight.

In morning excavate potato and eat. (small amount if on Potassium restricted diet)
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Traveller1947 on October 09, 2011, 07:22:28 AM
I'm as horrified as you are by the thought of canned potato salad, CebuShan.  I was thinking of my mother's recipe: fresh parsley, crispy bacon, a touch of vinegar and the secret ingredient, enough beef bouillon to moisten it nicely.  Such a magnificent potato deserves only the best ingredients--and so do we!

On the other hand, jemmans' method sounds good too...
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on October 09, 2011, 01:14:36 PM
Do they also serve potato pancakes (latkes)? Yum!

Yeah, they probably did.  My grandfather makes potato pancakes.  I don't really like them, and I think he was a little perturbed when I put a little salt and ketchup on mine. *L*

Warm German potato salad mit or ohne Speck-- enough for the whole forum!

And then some!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: CebuShan on October 09, 2011, 05:17:28 PM
Ketchup?!   :puke;   Gotta be sour cream or applesauce. Of course, I never buy ketchup. A couple of months ago I tried a new recipe that needed some ketchup. Rather than buy a whole bottle that would mostly go to waste, (neither my husband & I care for it) I went down to the gas station/convenience store & asked if I could have a few packets of ketchup. The owner gave me enough for my recipe & refused my offer to pay!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Traveller1947 on October 10, 2011, 06:24:13 PM
Applesauce, definitely.
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on October 13, 2011, 11:56:49 PM
I think my grandfather used molasses...

like I said, I didn't like his potato pancakes
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: pitagory on October 14, 2011, 07:11:15 AM
In Mexico me have a recipe that's called tortitas de papa. boil the potatoes then smash them add cilantro onion queso fresco and make them in to little pancakes then cover them with egg and flower and fry them up yummm all that fat, potassium, protin, sodium,  phos, calories and every thing I am not supposed  to eat rolled in to one.
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: CebuShan on October 17, 2011, 03:30:39 PM
In Mexico me have a recipe that's called tortitas de papa. boil the potatoes then smash them add cilantro onion queso fresco and make them in to little pancakes then cover them with egg and flower and fry them up yummm all that fat, potassium, protin, sodium,  phos, calories and every thing I am not supposed  to eat rolled in to one.
  Yum! Sounds like a great way to cheat! LOL!
Title: Re: So, who ordered the giant potato?
Post by: Riki on October 18, 2011, 11:00:23 PM
In Mexico me have a recipe that's called tortitas de papa. boil the potatoes then smash them add cilantro onion queso fresco and make them in to little pancakes then cover them with egg and flower and fry them up yummm all that fat, potassium, protin, sodium,  phos, calories and every thing I am not supposed  to eat rolled in to one.
  Yum! Sounds like a great way to cheat! LOL!

I was thinking that too....