Casserole: Calgary Cook-In Potatoes
Subject: Calgary Cook-In Potatoes
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Samantha Demidavicius (samd at telusplanet.net)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 16:51:57 GMT
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I served this recipe for the brunch for out-of-towners on Sunday morning. I wasn't going to post it, as I really messed it up. The first time I made this recipe, everyone loved it but couldn't taste the "blue" cheese. This time I bought Roquefort and didn't add enough sour cream. As I don't do cheese, I didn't realize how strong it was. The first time, most of the salt fell off, this time it stayed on and it was way too much. Somewhere there is a happy medium and I will continue to make this recipe until I get it right - perhaps following the recipe would be a start in the right direction! Oh well!
Mini Baked Potatoes with Blue Cheese
20 small new potatoes
4 tbsp vegetable oil
coarse salt
1/2 cup sour cream
1 oz blue cheese
2 tbsp chopped fresh chives
1. Heat the oven to 350F. Wash and dry the potatoes. Pour the oil into a bowl. Add the potatoes and toss to coat well with oil.
2. Dip the potatoes in the coarse salt to coat lightly (repeat, lightly!). Spread out the potatoes on a baking sheet. Bake for 45-50 minutes until tender.
3. In a small bowl, combine the sour cream and blue cheese.
4. Cut a cross in the top of each potato. Press gently with your fingers to open the potato.
5. Top each potato with a dollop of the cheese mixture. It will melt down into the potato nicely. Sprinkle with chives and serve hot or at room temperature.
Makes 20
This recipe was taken from a cookbook simply called "Potato", Alex Barker with recipes by Sally Mansfield.
From: not at applicable.ca (hahabogus)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:00:15 GMT
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Samantha Demidavicius wrote:
>4. Cut a cross in the top of each potato. Press gently with your
>fingers to open the potato.
being a confused fellow i'll ask a question. Are the potatoes in step 4 cooked? To me it could go either way...maybe. Well it could.
From: Alan Zelt (alzelt at worldnet.att.netFINNFAN)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:34:27 GMT
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hahabogus wrote:
> being a confused fellow i'll ask a question. Are the potatoes in step 4
> cooked? To me it could go either way...maybe. Well it could.
You wouldn't have been so confused had you shown up for the brunch!!!
From: MareCat (mgorman at intertex.net)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:06:28 -0500
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hahabogus wrote:
> being a confused fellow i'll ask a question. Are the potatoes in step 4
> cooked? To me it could go either way...maybe. Well it could.
> Samantha Demidavicius wrote:
>
> >1. Heat the oven to 350F. Wash and dry the potatoes. Pour the oil
> >into a bowl. Add the potatoes and toss to coat well with oil.
> >
> >2. Dip the potatoes in the coarse salt to coat lightly (repeat,
> >lightly!). Spread out the potatoes on a baking sheet. Bake for 45-50
> >minutes until tender.
There's your answer...
From: Harry A. Demidavicius (harryd2 at telusplanet.net)
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 04:55:43 GMT
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hahabogus wrote:
>being a confused fellow i'll ask a question. Are the potatoes in step 4
>cooked? To me it could go either way...maybe. Well it could.
My dear confused Alan - I suppose it /they could. If you had been here :0) - [you should have been], you would have seen 'small new potatoes',which are the size of a ping-pong ball.
Believe they were raw going into the oven.
And yes, Sam, you made the "pants too long", as that old song goes, or, in this case - the cheese too strong.
From: Alan Zelt (alzelt at worldnet.att.netFINNFAN)
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 22:09:02 GMT
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Harry A. Demidavicius wrote:
> My dear confused Alan - I suppose it /they could. If you had
> been here :0) - [you should have been],
Not confused Harry, at least about Spuds. Must be another Alan.
From: Harry A. Demidavicius (harryd2 at telusplanet.net)
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 05:07:45 GMT
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Alan Zelt wrote:
>Not confused Harry, at least about Spuds. Must be another Alan.
Correct. Not you , Alan - the Winnipeg Alan [Hahahbogus]
From: Alan Zelt (alzelt at worldnet.att.netFINNFAN)
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 06:18:06 GMT
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Harry A. Demidavicius wrote:
> Correct. Not you , Alan - the Winnipeg Alan [Hahahbogus]
Well that explains all. Winnipeg,eh?
From: Alan Zelt (alzelt at worldnet.att.netFINNFAN)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:31:43 GMT
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Samantha Demidavicius wrote:
> I served this recipe for the brunch for out-of-towners on Sunday
> morning. I wasn't going to post it, as I really messed it up.
No matter what you say, it tasted great.
From: Melba's Jammin' (barbschaller at earthlink.net)
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:19:31 GMT
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Samantha Demidavicius wrote:
> Mini Baked Potatoes with Blue Cheese
Those potatoes were *great*, Samantha! I'm not nuts for Roquefort/blue cheese, but I enjoyed those. Didn't notice the fallen salt. Just bought a carton of baby new potatoes at the local farmers market yesterday.