So, who ordered the giant potato?

[CebuShan]

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!

[jemmans]

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)

[Traveller1947]

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...

[Riki]

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!

[CebuShan]

Ketchup?!      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!

[Traveller1947]

Applesauce, definitely.

[Riki]

I think my grandfather used molasses...

like I said, I didn't like his potato pancakes

[pitagory]

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.

[CebuShan]

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!

[Riki]

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....