Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
mushroom and cheese potatoes
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__Emeril Lagasse
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__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
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__Elsa Schiaparelli
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in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
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__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
Mushroom and Cheese Potatoes
Ingredients:
7 medium-sized Russet bakin' potatoes,
peeled and cut into 1 and 1/2' chunks
4 tablespoons butter
2 and 1/2 cups chopped mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup (about 2 ounces) soft, spreadable cheese with garlic and herbs
1/2 cup (about 2 ounces) shredded provolone
1 cup (about 4 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan or Asiago cheese
1/2 cup warm milk
Additional shredded cheese for sprinklin' on top, optional
Instructions:
1) Cook potatoes in large pot of boilin' water 'til very tender.
2) Drain potatoes in colander.
3) Return potatoes to pot and mash with potato masher.
4) While potatoes are cookin', heat butter in 10' skillet 'til melted.
5) Add mushrooms and onions and cook 'til tender.
6) Stir cheeses into hot potatoes 'til smooth.
7) Add milk to make a creamy consistency.
8) Stir in mushroom mixture.
9) Ladle into a servin' bowl, sprinkle with additional cheese,
and serve immediately.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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