Potatoes Au Gratin/ Scalloped Search

Katwmns said:

Several years ago I got a great recipe for Potatoes Au Gratin from a
Safeway Select Magazine. Now I have misplaced it, and want to make it
again, but can't find it anywhere, even on the net. I know it had
onions and several kinds of cheeses, including parmesean and romano.
If anyone has it, I would love to see it again.

There is a marked difference between scalloped potatoes and potatos au
gratin. Au gratin means with cheese and you apparently have some. Good.

Here's the approach. Thinly slice about 1 lb. of potatoes and place them in
a baking dish. Now, melt 3 Tbs. butter seasoned with salt & pepper in a
saucepan. Stir in 2-3 Tbs. flour. Now stir in 1 cup of milk. Cook and
stir over medium heat until the white sauce (bechamel) is smooth and
slightly thick. Stir in your cheeses. Cook and stir over medium heat until
the cheese is melted. Pour this mixture over the sliced potatoes in the
baking dish. Good? Okay. Now bake at about 350F for 25-30 minutes until
the potatoes are tender and the sauce is bubbly and lightly browned on the
top. You're done 🙂

Jill

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jmcquown said:

Katwmns said:

Several years ago I got a great recipe for Potatoes Au Gratin from a
Safeway Select Magazine. Now I have misplaced it, and want to make it
again, but can't find it anywhere, even on the net. I know it had
onions and several kinds of cheeses, including parmesean and romano.
If anyone has it, I would love to see it again.

There is a marked difference between scalloped potatoes and potatos au
gratin. Au gratin means with cheese and you apparently have some. Good.

The phrase "au gratin" means covered with bread crumbs and baked. It
often contains cheese.

The word "scalloped" means: To bake in a casserole with milk or a sauce
and often with bread crumbs: scalloped potatoes.

--
Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

Dan Abel said:

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jmcquown said:

Katwmns said:

Several years ago I got a great recipe for Potatoes Au Gratin from a
Safeway Select Magazine. Now I have misplaced it, and want to make it
again, but can't find it anywhere, even on the net. I know it had
onions and several kinds of cheeses, including parmesean and romano.
If anyone has it, I would love to see it again.

There is a marked difference between scalloped potatoes and potatos au
gratin. Au gratin means with cheese and you apparently have some. Good.

The phrase "au gratin" means covered with bread crumbs and baked. It
often contains cheese.

The word "scalloped" means: To bake in a casserole with milk or a sauce
and often with bread crumbs: scalloped potatoes.

That's the classic interpretation, but practically everyone seems to
know that American style potatoes au gratin are brown on top... and
don't have any bread crumbs. Mine come from a box and they are just
like what mom used to make. 🙂
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Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 20:17:14 -0800, sf <[email hidden]>

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Mine come from a box and they are just
like what mom used to make. 🙂

Mine DON'T come from a box, and are just like Julia and Jacques make
them.. 😉

Christine

On Sun 25 Dec 2005 09:19:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Christine
Dabney?

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On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 20:17:14 -0800, sf <[email hidden]>

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Mine come from a box and they are just like what mom used to make. 🙂

Mine DON'T come from a box, and are just like Julia and Jacques make
them.. 😉

Christine

I've never liked the boxed potatoes au gratin or escalloped potatoes. They
always tasted artificial to me. The only ones I ever tried were Betty
Crocker. However, a few weeks ago I picked up a box of store brand
potatoes au gratin sold at our local supermarket chain, Basha's. They were
surprisingly excellent. In fact, had I not known it, I don't think I would
have known they weren't made from fresh potatoes. I will buy them again,
and I'll also try their escalloped potatoes.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I've never liked the boxed potatoes au gratin or escalloped potatoes.
They
always tasted artificial to me. The only ones I ever tried were Betty
Crocker. However, a few weeks ago I picked up a box of store brand
potatoes au gratin sold at our local supermarket chain, Basha's. They
were
surprisingly excellent. In fact, had I not known it, I don't think I
would
have known they weren't made from fresh potatoes. I will buy them again,
and I'll also try their escalloped potatoes.

I should just buy some, I cannot picture how those dishes can come in a
box. What are they like? Where would you find them in the store?

nancy

On Mon 26 Dec 2005 06:58:24a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy
Young?

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"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I've never liked the boxed potatoes au gratin or escalloped potatoes.
They
always tasted artificial to me. The only ones I ever tried were Betty
Crocker. However, a few weeks ago I picked up a box of store brand
potatoes au gratin sold at our local supermarket chain, Basha's. They
were surprisingly excellent. In fact, had I not known it, I don't think
I would have known they weren't made from fresh potatoes. I will buy
them again, and I'll also try their escalloped potatoes.

I should just buy some, I cannot picture how those dishes can come in a
box. What are they like? Where would you find them in the store?

When you open the box you'll find it filled with dehydrated slices of
potatos and an envelope of dry sauce mix. The potato slices are small,
thin, and hard as a rock. They expand to normal size with cooking. The
dry sauce mix is combined with butter or margarine and, depending on the
brand, water and milk or just milk. When I made them (and liked them) I
used extra butter and substituted half and half for the liquid.

In the stores where I shop, they are located where you find Rice-a-Roni and
other convenience side dishes. I think some stores have them separated
from the rice and pasta convenience foods. I've never cared for the Betty
Crocker brand of these.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Mon 26 Dec 2005 06:58:24a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy
Young?

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I should just buy some, I cannot picture how those dishes can come in a
box. What are they like? Where would you find them in the store?

When you open the box you'll find it filled with dehydrated slices of
potatos and an envelope of dry sauce mix. The potato slices are small,
thin, and hard as a rock. They expand to normal size with cooking. The
dry sauce mix is combined with butter or margarine and, depending on the
brand, water and milk or just milk. When I made them (and liked them) I
used extra butter and substituted half and half for the liquid.

This is just amazing to me. I will be picking these up this week.

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In the stores where I shop, they are located where you find Rice-a-Roni
and
other convenience side dishes. I think some stores have them separated
from the rice and pasta convenience foods. I've never cared for the Betty
Crocker brand of these.

Gotcha. Thanks for the help! This'll be good for amusement. Always
wondered what everyone was talking about, scalloped potatoes in a
box? Does not compute ...

nancy

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"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Mon 26 Dec 2005 06:58:24a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy
Young?

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I should just buy some, I cannot picture how those dishes can come in a
box. What are they like? Where would you find them in the store?

When you open the box you'll find it filled with dehydrated slices of
potatos and an envelope of dry sauce mix. The potato slices are small,
thin, and hard as a rock. They expand to normal size with cooking. The
dry sauce mix is combined with butter or margarine and, depending on the
brand, water and milk or just milk. When I made them (and liked them) I
used extra butter and substituted half and half for the liquid.

This is just amazing to me. I will be picking these up this week.

Quoted message said:

In the stores where I shop, they are located where you find Rice-a-Roni
and
other convenience side dishes. I think some stores have them separated
from the rice and pasta convenience foods. I've never cared for the

Betty

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Crocker brand of these.

Gotcha. Thanks for the help! This'll be good for amusement. Always
wondered what everyone was talking about, scalloped potatoes in a
box? Does not compute ...

nancy

They're really salty, Nancy, be prepared for that!

kili

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Quoted message said:

Gotcha. Thanks for the help! This'll be good for amusement. Always
wondered what everyone was talking about, scalloped potatoes in a
box? Does not compute ...

nancy

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They're really salty, Nancy, be prepared for that!

Oh! Okay, that'll be expected. I still just have to see this for myself.

nancy

kilikini said:

They're really salty, Nancy, be prepared for that!

It all depends on how you tolerate salt. Maybe it's too salty for you
because you've cut salt out of your diet, but for me... it's fine.

sf
<thinking of buying some soon.... boxed potatoes au gratin and pork
chops appeals right now>

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Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

Nancy Young said:

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I've never liked the boxed potatoes au gratin or escalloped potatoes.
They
always tasted artificial to me. The only ones I ever tried were Betty
Crocker. However, a few weeks ago I picked up a box of store brand
potatoes au gratin sold at our local supermarket chain, Basha's. They
were
surprisingly excellent. In fact, had I not known it, I don't think I
would
have known they weren't made from fresh potatoes. I will buy them again,
and I'll also try their escalloped potatoes.

I should just buy some, I cannot picture how those dishes can come in a
box. What are they like? Where would you find them in the store?

They're by the boxed mashed potatoes, and usually near the Hamburger
Helper and stuff. I *love* Betty's au gratins.

Carol

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:50:34 GMT, "kilikini"
<[email hidden]> wrote
regarding Betty Crocker's au gratin potatoes in a box:

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They're really salty, Nancy, be prepared for that!

And they're nice and oniony. Gotta have the onion flavor.

Carol, glad she has two boxes in the cupboard

Nancy Young said:

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Gotcha. Thanks for the help! This'll be good for amusement. Always
wondered what everyone was talking about, scalloped potatoes in a
box? Does not compute ...

nancy

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They're really salty, Nancy, be prepared for that!

Oh! Okay, that'll be expected. I still just have to see this for myself.

New Years season is a good time to try something new, but don't set
your expectations too high. I've tried several brands and haven't
found much to choose from between them. None of them comes close to
the real thing because dehydrated potatoes when rehydrated simply are
not as good as fresh potatoes. They save you the time of peeling and
slicing potatoes. And the box keeps, I assume, longer in the cupboard
than a bag of potatoes does. Those are the advantages. Not taste, not
texture. That said, they are an acceptable emergency ration, which is
what a lot of the stuff in our cupboards is.... -aem

In article <[email hidden]>, Nancy Young

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This is just amazing to me. I will be picking these up this week.

Quoted message said:

In the stores where I shop, they are located where you find Rice-a-Roni
and
other convenience side dishes. I think some stores have them separated
from the rice and pasta convenience foods. I've never cared for the Betty
Crocker brand of these.

Gotcha. Thanks for the help! This'll be good for amusement. Always
wondered what everyone was talking about, scalloped potatoes in a
box? Does not compute ...

nancy

Hey Nan, wait until you see the mashed potatoes in a box. Wow!

"Stark" <[email hidden]> wrote

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In article <[email hidden]>, Nancy Young
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Gotcha. Thanks for the help! This'll be good for amusement. Always
wondered what everyone was talking about, scalloped potatoes in a
box? Does not compute ...

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Hey Nan, wait until you see the mashed potatoes in a box. Wow!

Wench!

nancy

"aem" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Nancy Young wrote:

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Oh! Okay, that'll be expected. I still just have to see this for
myself.

New Years season is a good time to try something new, but don't set
your expectations too high.

Don't worry about that, I've just been perplexed by my idea of
scalloped potatoes and how they could manage to put that into a
box. Not the scalloped or au gratin part, the slices of potato
part.

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I've tried several brands and haven't
found much to choose from between them. None of them comes close to
the real thing because dehydrated potatoes when rehydrated simply are
not as good as fresh potatoes. They save you the time of peeling and
slicing potatoes.

I won't tell my mother, she'd be horrified, you pay money!? for peeled
potatoes you can just peel them yourself! Nacy!!

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And the box keeps, I assume, longer in the cupboard
than a bag of potatoes does. Those are the advantages. Not taste, not
texture. That said, they are an acceptable emergency ration, which is
what a lot of the stuff in our cupboards is....

Without a doubt. I don't have a problem with it. I know it's not
gore-met. I just want to see it for myself.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Mon 26 Dec 2005 06:58:24a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy
Young?

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Quoted message said:

I should just buy some, I cannot picture how those dishes can come in a
box. What are they like? Where would you find them in the store?

When you open the box you'll find it filled with dehydrated slices of
potatos and an envelope of dry sauce mix. The potato slices are small,
thin, and hard as a rock. They expand to normal size with cooking. The
dry sauce mix is combined with butter or margarine and, depending on the
brand, water and milk or just milk. When I made them (and liked them) I
used extra butter and substituted half and half for the liquid.

This is just amazing to me. I will be picking these up this week.

Quoted message said:

In the stores where I shop, they are located where you find Rice-a-Roni
and
other convenience side dishes. I think some stores have them separated
from the rice and pasta convenience foods. I've never cared for the Betty
Crocker brand of these.

Gotcha. Thanks for the help! This'll be good for amusement. Always
wondered what everyone was talking about, scalloped potatoes in a
box? Does not compute ...

nancy

I use Lipton's and they come in a pouch. Very good too....Sharon

Nancy Young said:

"Stark" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Hey Nan, wait until you see the mashed potatoes in a box. Wow!

Wench!

Psssst... news flash! You don't have to pay for packaging in a box
anymore. It comes in bags now. LOL
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Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.