Recipes

[shortbreadlover]

save the cooking water and then whenever you reheat the potatoes,  add a bit of it them.  it makes them taste really good.

[itsmagic]

Thanks for the tip - I never thought of that. My mom used to use some of the potato cooking water to make gravy. 

[Mary Bailey]

nice tip

for us....

after draining the water, return the potaoes to the pan an cook a bit to remove moisture before mashing

[sunshine45]

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@Mary Bailey wrote:

nice tip

for us....

after draining the water, return the potaoes to the pan an cook a bit to remove moisture before mashing

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that is what we do @Mary Bailey.

[sunshine45]

went to the grocery store today and could not find one yukon gold potato.....not in a bin, not in a bag. i need to make ten pounds of mashed potatoes so i am off to another grocery store tomorrow. this will be my third grocery store in three days.

[RedTop]

I use the starchy water to help mash the potatoes and make any type of gravy.   I don’t put milk in my mashed potatoes, and the starch helps thicken whatever type of gravy I make.    

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@RedTop wrote:

I use the starchy water to help mash the potatoes and make any type of gravy.   I don’t put milk in my mashed potatoes, and the starch helps thicken whatever type of gravy I make.    

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@RedTop.  Interesting. I'll have to try this with the starchy water.

[AuntG]

My mom used potato water in a couple of different recipes.