A call for recipes

[ewt]

I've had a windfall in the form of 16kg of baking potatoes of various quality. This is exciting.

I've been spending a LOT more time at Trinity the past few weeks, with the result that I've been getting coursework done and handed in, without having to pull any serious all-nighters. This is not as exciting, but it is still good. However, I am a disorganised ewt and have not quite got the hang of bringing my lunch with me in the morning, and this is getting expensive - because when I'm starving, thrift goes out the window and I buy whatever seems like a really good idea at the time (expensive salad from M&S with expensive smoothie things, or pies from the pie shop - cheaper but with only two veggie pies I can't eat there every day!).

I want to attempt to remedy my lunch problem in part with these potatoes. So, I need potato recipes that can be prepared in advance and eaten cold.

Forgot to post this earlier, oops!

EDIT: People have asked me about my dietary requirements.

In theory, I do not eat pork or shellfish. and do not combine meat products (excluding fish) with dairy products.

In practise, I also do not eat chicken or beef or lamb when preparing food at home, as I have no meaty dishes.

I love dairy produce! Especially the full-fat stuff.

The easiest way to think of my diet, for most people, is going to be 'lacto-ovo-vegetarian plus fish', but I'm also pretty good at making substitutions for things like sausages and chicken, so if you have a recipe which is TEH GOOD except it has bacon bits, let me know anyway and I might be able to do it a different way.

I'm not really supposed to have huge amounts of sugar.

I find mayonnaise, prepared mustard and salad cream seriously off-putting and do not eat them at all. Again, I'm not too bad with finding appropriate substitutes.

Comments

[devvie.livejournal.com]

Oh my friend from high schools Mom was from Germany and made this wonderful potato salad..basically just boiled potatoe, vinegar and onions..but I don't remember it...dang! <--cleaned up her language.

[pasdeschiens.livejournal.com]

I can't remember if you eat cheese or not.
If you do, then cold potato bake is surprisingly good (um, I'll check out a recipe, but basically, sliced potato + cheese + random herbs (+ cream), baked.

Cold roast taters = not bad either.

Mashed, on the other hand - not a big fan of, cold. Hrm.
I'll keep an eye out and maybe ask Mum some ideas. It will be useful for me too, as taters are cheap and if I can cook up a batch of "x" at the beginning of the week, I won't have to worry too much about food, when I'm on my own.
(PS: I was strolling through yr memories the other day & found yr soup recipe... I'm in love! Must try that!)

Something like this, maybe?

[mubeimmik.livejournal.com]

Tato Salad

Ingridients:
6 each potatoe, large
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 each onion, minced
3 tablespoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon mustard, prepared
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoon dill seed
Preparation:
Potatoes should be peeled and quartered. In medium saucepan cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup of potato water. Dice potatoes. Add oil and minced onion; toss gently. In small saucepan bring the 3/4 cup potato water to a boil; pour over potatoes and onion. Keep at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours. Stir in vinegar, mustard, sugar, and dillseed. Potato salad will be creamy. Serve at room temperature.

Potato soup also comes to mind, but I don't know how delicious that would be cold. Perhaps you could put it in a thermos? I just chop up into chunks 2-3 potatos, some onion, and celery. Add a bit of salt, put water in halfway covering the potatos, and milk the rest of the way (I do recall you do milk, right?). Then add just a touch of butter, and let it boil until the potatos are soft. You can put clams in too for a yummy variation. We put sausage/bacon/ham in, but that's probably not good for you *L*

If I think of something else, I'll comment again.

[pasdeschiens.livejournal.com]

As promised, I asked Mum... who has a potato cookbook!

I'll have a look through and let you know what's in there, her main suggestion (pre-browsing book) was mock fish or potato cakes - tater, egg, corn... can add tuna...
Again, I can't remember what you do or don't eat, lemme know and I'll find things specifically for you :)

Potatoes

[(Anonymous)]

Mmmmmmmm- my favourite veggie!!! Do you remember our "vegetable feeds" which always included a good portion of boiled taters, slathered in butter and salt and pepper. Do you have freezing capabilities? If you make things like scalloped taters, tater soups, tater & leek soups, then you could freeze them in smaller portions for use at suppertime, or if you have access to a microwave, nuke them at lunch. It would seem that storage of raw taters would be your biggest problem. Remember, unless they get really wrinkled and hairy and rooty, and shrunken in they can still be used. Mmmmmmmm - I love taters!
Mum

[pfy.livejournal.com]

I'm sure cold mashed potato can't be bad, especially if you put lots of yummy stuff in it when you mash it (e.g. salt, pepper, onion, random herbs, and as much random dairy produce as you can find). Even better, mashed potato can't get squished in your bag, because it's already mashed.

Mashed potato is not really a meal in itself, though. Maybe you could incorporate cheese and random veg (peas?) into this somewhere too. Also, would tuna and potato salad work? (tuna, chopped boiled potatoes, soured cream, and spring onions)

Grey ones

[(Anonymous)]

Potatoes in southern Ontario tend not to get grey at the edges, or perhaps it's because I no longer nuke fresh ones as I remember being turned off by the greyness caused by the microwave. So no more yucky grey things begin recycled at supper time. Sounds as though you have the storage issue all worked out. How about plain, raw potatoes with salt? They are very crunchy. Ever tried them that way?
Mum