TOTALLY GEEKED!

Can I just say that ending the evening with a roaring fire iss the best? even if my thumb still throbs?

Thanks, Lindley! off to bed soon. Hopefully tomorrow my hand will be normal!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Um DN's b/f just called and asked us to dinner tomorrow...

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 How sweet.

I am making BBQ pulled pork and mashed potatoes with corn for dinner tomorrow for the girls. How many pounds of potatoes would you make for 20 teenage athletes post game? I bought 20 lbs. I am not sure I want to peel them all though - so how many would you guesstimate?

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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I am making BBQ pulled pork and mashed potatoes with corn for dinner tomorrow for the girls. How many pounds of potatoes would you make for 20 teenage athletes post game? I bought 20 lbs. I am not sure I want to peel them all though - so how many would you guesstimate?

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 I would do the 20 pounds.  We don't peel our potatoes to make mashed potatoes.  DH doesn't like them peeled.  We just cube them before we boiled them and then mash them.  The bits of peel are very small.

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Oh my gosh, 20 pounds would feed 50 or 60 people!

I'd scale that back a bit, MM.

Ten pounds will still leave you with a bunch of leftovers. 

FNW wrote:

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2 lbs feed 5. I'd scale it back a bit.

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 I make 5 lbs to feed 5 people and we only have minimal left overs. That's 5 athletes with big appetites and I will be feeding 20 athletes.

I can't make 2 lbs to feed our 4 at home. My DD can eat that much alone! Lol She is a mashed potato glutton.

Gosh MM, maybe you will need all 20 pounds, after all!

Better start peeling!

Mellow Momma wrote:

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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Gosh MM, maybe you will need all 20 pounds, after all!

Better start peeling!

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 Want to come help?! I have an extra peeler !

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Well darn, we're headed to the zoo in a little bit.

Sorry! 

Mellow Momma wrote:

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I am making BBQ pulled pork and mashed potatoes with corn for dinner tomorrow for the girls. How many pounds of potatoes would you make for 20 teenage athletes post game? I bought 20 lbs. I am not sure I want to peel them all though - so how many would you guesstimate?

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 One potato per person.

You will have plenty and very little, if any, leftovers.

Pierce the skins, microwave them 4-5 at at time for about 9 minutes.

Keep them in an almost sealed container until they are all done.

Smash with butter, cream and seasoning.

No pealing, no mess.

Mellow Momma wrote:

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I won't serve potatoes with the skins. Potatoes are on the dirty dozen list and should never be eaten with the skins unless you buy them organic. They have the most pesticide residue in them of any other veg.

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 I didn't know that. Good thing I almost never eat them.

flan

Then peal them.

I wash the potatoes.

You can use bleach to wash hard vegetables.

A teaspoon to a gallon of water.

You can get test strips at most restaurant supply stores.

It has an easy to follow color code on it.

If you simmer the potatoes (unpeeled) in salted water, when they are cooked and slightly cooled, you can remove the skins by rubbing them with (clean) gardening gloves. The peels just slip off. Or you can use a clean plastic scrubbie to remove the peels.

20# of potatoes is just about right for 20 teenage appetites.

Momala wrote:

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If you simmer the potatoes (unpeeled) in salted water, when they are cooked and slightly cooled, you can remove the skins by rubbing them with (clean) gardening gloves. The peels just slip off. Or you can use a clean plastic scrubbie to remove the peels.

20# of potatoes is just about right for 20 teenage appetites.

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 You can scrub the peels off them while washing too.

I hate peeling potatoes. 

 

If you don't already have one, invest in a "U" shaped peeler, rather than a straight stick one. The straight stick peeler requires you to grasp it with 4 fingers, and exert pressure with your wrist.

The "U" peeler (with the blade between the 2 upright posts) allows you to hold the potato in one hand and use your thumb and forefinger to slide the peeler over the potato, exerting almost no pressure. They usually cost under $5.

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Yeah...if I don't want pesticides on my vegetable what makes you think I want BLEACH on them?!?! Wow.

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 You do realize that bleach is used in washing vegetables in practically every processing plant and restaurant right?

Do you use tap water to wash your vegetables?  

There is bleach in that too.

 

 

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 I don't eat veg that has been treated like that. I eat organic so it has NOT been. 

hmmm, u shaped peeler sounds like a great add to a SS gift!

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Yeah...if I don't want pesticides on my vegetable what makes you think I want BLEACH on them?!?! Wow.

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 You do realize that bleach is used in washing vegetables in practically every processing plant and restaurant right?

Do you use tap water to wash your vegetables?  

There is bleach in that too.

 

 

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 I don't eat veg that has been treated like that. I eat organic so it has NOT been. 

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 Yeah. Right.

You never eat out? 

 

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 There is a big difference between eating out once in a while and eating it every day.  You do what you can to avoid as much bad things as you can - you don't just not something when you have control of it because of the times you don't.  That is the stupidest damn argument ever.

Then use vinegar.

My point is, some form of wash has occurred to those precious organic vegetables and it usually contains some type of bleach product.

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Then use vinegar.

My point is, some form of wash has occurred to those precious organic vegetables and it usually contains some type of bleach product.

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 You need to educate yourself on what the term organic means. The USDA Certified Organic label is not easy, nor cheap to come by. 

I won't bathe my dinner in bleach because twice a month when I eat out I don't know where the produce is from. That's the most asinine thing I have ever heard. 

And I said you can use vinegar as well.

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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Then use vinegar.

My point is, some form of wash has occurred to those precious organic vegetables and it usually contains some type of bleach product.

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 You need to educate yourself on what the term organic means. The USDA Certified Organic label is not easy, nor cheap to come by. 

I won't bathe my dinner in bleach because twice a month when I eat out I don't know where the produce is from. That's the most asinine thing I have ever heard. 

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 Oh. I am educated. 

I also don't depend on a label.

That produced gets washed when it comes out of the field.

It gets washed when it is processed.

It gets washed when it is bundled.

And all that washing has some type of chlorine in it. 

 

 

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 I don't think you are educated on organic and what exactly that means. It doesn't mean a bleach bath I can tell you that. 

Washes for organic vegetables are highly regulated. Yes, chlorine can be used - but at EXTREMELY low levels, like drinking water levels. It is not even NEAR the same as regular vegetables.

Your little recipe calls for 200 ppm chlorine solution.  Organic vegetables are only allow FOUR ppm (4 ppm).  That's a hellavu huge difference.

How To Make A Chlorine Bleach & Water Solution To Sanitize Raw Fruits And Vegetables

2 teaspoons Regular Bleach (8.25% sodium hypochlorite)
1 Gallon of clean water

This will result in a 200 ppm (parts per million) chlorine solution.

Let fruit or vegetables stand in solution for at least one minute.
Then rinse with tap water or potable water.

You don't want to buy organic - don't. But those who care will, and it is NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS.

-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Monday 9th of November 2015 05:56:59 AM

You know. I made a suggestion for someone talking about not wanting to eat a potato peel and how to clean it per FDA standards.

I used a source from the government to show how it is done.

I've not once call anyone ignorant.

I did not make the suggestion out of any other reason than to give some helpful advice.

I've also given the healthier alternative to using bleach, vinegar.

Why you two seem to get so upset about a standard practice used even in your organic vegetables is beyond me.

MM said she would NEVER wash her vegetables with a chlorine solution.

I said it was already being done.

While it may not be at the upper limit of the government standard.

I was right when I said it was still used to wash those precious organic, pesticide and fertilizer free vegetables you want to extol.

I don't care what you buy.

But don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about when clearly, I do.

Chlorine is used, in some concetration, to wash 90% of the vegetables that end up on your table.

lilyofcourse wrote:

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You know. I made a suggestion for someone talking about not wanting to eat a potato peel and how to clean it per FDA standards.

I used a source from the government to show how it is done.

I've not once call anyone ignorant.

I did not make the suggestion out of any other reason than to give some helpful advice.

I've also given the healthier alternative to using bleach, vinegar.

Why you two seem to get so upset about a standard practice used even in your organic vegetables is beyond me.

MM said she would NEVER wash her vegetables with a chlorine solution.

I said it was already being done.

While it may not be at the upper limit of the government standard.

I was right when I said it was still used to wash those precious organic, pesticide and fertilizer free vegetables you want to extol.

I don't care what you buy.

But don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about when clearly, I do.

Chlorine is used, in some concetration, to wash 90% of the vegetables that end up on your table.

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 Bull****.  Your posts were full of arrogance, condescension and the attitude that they are dumb for not wanting to take your advice.