What do you do with your Instant Pot you cant do with a crock pot?

[txdon]

I’ve found that “over working” mashed potatoes... makes them “sticky”. We boil them, drain the water, throw a stick of butter and some salt & pepper in the pot, wait a few minutes and the smush then with the hand masher. They come out fluffy every time. YMMV.

Ouch!
There are 354 calories in 1 pound of Potatoes = Calorie breakdown: 1% fat, 85% carbs, 14% protein.
There are 810 calories in a stick of butter = Calorie breakdown: 100% fat.

 

[Doofy]

Ouch!
There are 354 calories in 1 pound of Potatoes = Calorie breakdown: 1% fat, 85% carbs, 14% protein.
There are 810 calories in a stick of butter = Calorie breakdown: 100% fat.

We only have mashed potatoes on very special occasions (guilty pleasures) and realize the high carbs and fat content.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Ouch!
There are 354 calories in 1 pound of Potatoes = Calorie breakdown: 1% fat, 85% carbs, 14% protein.
There are 810 calories in a stick of butter = Calorie breakdown: 100% fat.

Like others we don’t have them often but when we do ... they shall taste gooood!

 

[Doofy]

Like others we don’t have them often but when we do ... they shall taste gooood!

Exactly! I am not to the red neck stage of eating "Deep Fried Butter" but I will occasionally indulge in the comfort-foods of my youth. A man needs a vice or two, to remember he is alive (even if it kills him).

 

[txdon]

Like others we don’t have them often but when we do ... they shall taste gooood!

Oh, OK here potatoes are not a comfort food loaded with butter once or twice a year, but a weekly staple food.

Medium potato 867 mg potassium
Banana 422 mg potassium

 

[Molalla1]

Next time, we will definitely use the hand masher and then a mixer. First ever fail with mashed potatoes...after 50 years.

Could you of tried making fried potato fritters with the FU?

 

[Doofy]

Could you of tried making fried potato fritters with the FU?

Should have tried the potato patty but we were so disappointed that we fed them to the gray jays and magpies.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mash potato pancakes are good

We put some margarine in ours, less 1/2 stick.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Oh, OK here potatoes are not a comfort food loaded with butter once or twice a year, but a weekly staple food.

Medium potato 867 mg potassium
Banana 422 mg potassium

For clarity ... a whole stick of butter is used with 2+ lb. of potatoes.

 

[Doofy]

Believe me, I would be eating potatoes weekly or more often if I weren't trying to watch my weight and girth. I only eat butter though and I'd sell my soul for a tall, cold glass of real, thick, old fashioned Buttermilk.