I love that version of mashed potatoes. No wonder that it disappeared. Pamela Fairchild <pamelafairch...@comcast.net>
-----Original Message----- From: Carol Ashland via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2019 10:20 PM To: Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> Cc: Carol Ashland <carol97...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CnD] UPDATED SHEPHERD'S PIE From Marilyn I once made a casserole of mashed potatoes made the way my aunt used to make them, which was with butter, sour cream, and cream cheese. I used the largest casserole I had in the house, and it was totally full and hot from the oven. I took them to a Baha'i function. I was going to get some for myself - but they were all gone! Carol Ashland carol97...@gmail.com Sent from my BrailleNote Touch+On Aug 11, 2019 4:58 PM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > I don't usually respond to my own messages, but I wanted to report that the > casserole I was worried about was a success. I brought home two servings from > a crockpot full which would have served about 16 people when served at a > potluck. > > Pamela Fairchild > <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 11:05 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: pamelafairch...@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [CnD] UPDATED SHEPHERD'S PIE From Marilyn > > I wish I had seen the Shepherd's Pie recipe before I made the decision of > what to make with my red potatoes. However, since I also had sweet potatoes > and ham that needed using up, I made a Mashed potato casserole. At first I > layered the ingredients to make it appealing as you cut through it. Then I > discovered that my cream of whatever soup wasn't going to work its way down > through my layering and I should have added it on top of each layer, saving a > little for the top. What a mess I had. I didn't want to lose the casserole. > What to do? I dumped it all into the biggest stainless steel bowl I own, > mixed it all up together and refrigerated it until tomorrow morning. > Tomorrow I will fill my crockpot about half way up, put in a layer of > American cheese, maybe as many as 8 or 10 slices, then put more casserole > about an inch or slightly more from the top. Then I will add a nice layer of > Cheddar cheese slices, put it on low in our church kitchen, so it will be > warmed and ready to eat, with the cheese melted by lunch time. > I sampled a little before putting it away, and if it doesn't dry out too > much, and isn't super ugly, I think it will be a hit. It tastes very good. > The layers from bottom to top were this way when I put it into the crockpot > the first time: > Mashed potatoes, French cut style green beans, mashed sweet potatoes with > just a little maple syrup added in the mashing, diced ham, sweet corn, sweet > peas, a top layer of mashed potatoes, and the creamed soup over the top. > With it all blended together as it is, the cheese in the middle and on top > will help add the layered aspect. Adding the cheese will make it not fit in > the crockpot but that will give me leftovers to eat at home later, not all > bad. If it doesn't disappear well, I will know it came out to be an ugly > color. The soups I mixed together were cream of broccoli, cream of cheddar, > and cream of celery, with 1 soup can of water. I wanted it to remain more > gravy-like than soupy. That is probably why it didn't work its way down > through the layers like I hoped it would. And the potatoes, I put through the > ricer so they have a little texture. I tried not to let them clump together > in the stirring. The sweet potatoes I mashed with the masher. The thinning > agent for the soups wa > s potato water left over when I boiled the red potatoes. > If anybody tries this sort of vague recipe out, let me know how you liked it. > I used about two cups of each vegetable, either canned or frozen would work > but frozen is better. > > Pamela Fairchild > <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
