Mashed potatoes and truffle gravy

Chef Fagin prevaricated:

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Here at the Feed Bag, we often get asked for the recipe for our mashed
potatoes. They are extremely easy to prepare. We usually serve them with a
delightful truffle gravy.

Basic mashed potatoes

Half a cup of mashed potatoes, seasoned with a pinch of sea salt, white
pepper and a teaspoon of sugar

Stick 1 anchovy in the center of the potatoes

Sprinkle a pinch of caraway seeds onto the potatoes

Garnish with diced red bell pepper and parsley

Truffle gravy

To a half a cup of extra virgin olive oil, add one chopped anchovy, a
quarter teaspoon of cocoa powder, a quarter teaspoon of lime zest, and a
pinch of saffron.

Gently heat until a creamy consistency is achieved.
Take the pan off the flame and add a tablespoon of finely chopped truffle.

Mix well, then put the pan back over the flame for one minute, stirring
constantly.

Everybody wants to be Jimmy Tango...

Bob

On Mon 24 Oct 2005 10:28:36p, Chef Fagin wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Here at the Feed Bag, we often get asked for the recipe for our mashed
potatoes. They are extremely easy to prepare. We usually serve them with
a delightful truffle gravy.

Basic mashed potatoes

Half a cup of mashed potatoes, seasoned with a pinch of sea salt, white
pepper and a teaspoon of sugar

Stick 1 anchovy in the center of the potatoes

Sprinkle a pinch of caraway seeds onto the potatoes

Garnish with diced red bell pepper and parsley

Truffle gravy

To a half a cup of extra virgin olive oil, add one chopped anchovy, a
quarter teaspoon of cocoa powder, a quarter teaspoon of lime zest, and a
pinch of saffron.

Gently heat until a creamy consistency is achieved.
Take the pan off the flame and add a tablespoon of finely chopped
truffle.

Mix well, then put the pan back over the flame for one minute, stirring
constantly.

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I think you forgot the raspberry syrup
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nancree said:

I think you forgot the raspberry syrup
(;-)

....and the kimchee-marinated chow mein noodles.

Bob

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Here at the Feed Bag, we often get asked for the recipe for our mashed
potatoes. They are extremely easy to prepare. We usually serve them
with a delightful truffle gravy.

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nancree said:

I think you forgot the raspberry syrup
(;-)

...and the kimchee-marinated chow mein noodles.

Bob

And the jalepenos.

kili

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"Chef Fagin" <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in
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Here at the Feed Bag, we often get asked for the recipe for our mashed
potatoes. They are extremely easy to prepare. We usually serve them
with a delightful truffle gravy.

Er..........what exactly is 'truffle gravy'?

E.

Chef Fagin said:

Here at the Feed Bag, we often get asked for the recipe for our mashed
potatoes. They are extremely easy to prepare. We usually serve them
with a delightful truffle gravy.

Basic mashed potatoes

Boil cubed white potatoes, skin-on or not (your choice) in lightly salted
water. Drain. Add butter and cream or milk. Mash with a ricer or if you
prefer, use a hand mixer to beat until just smooth. Season with salt &
pepper to taste.

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Half a cup of mashed potatoes, seasoned with a pinch of sea salt,
white pepper and a teaspoon of sugar

Skip the sugar.

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Stick 1 anchovy in the center of the potatoes

Absolutely NOT.

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Sprinkle a pinch of caraway seeds onto the potatoes

Maybe, if you want it to taste like rye bread.

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Garnish with diced red bell pepper and parsley

Why?

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Truffle gravy

To a half a cup of extra virgin olive oil, add one chopped anchovy, a
quarter teaspoon of cocoa powder, a quarter teaspoon of lime zest,
and a pinch of saffron.

Gently heat until a creamy consistency is achieved.
Take the pan off the flame and add a tablespoon of finely chopped truffle.

No, thanks.

Jill

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Everybody wants to be Jimmy Tango...

Oh no, this is far worse than a Tango recipe.

This recipe is over sweetened having an entire teaspoon of sugar for a
half cup of potatoes.

This recipe is expensive, having both a pinch of safron, for the same
half cup of mashies, and truffle gravy.

And, if opinions are due, I have to say this is far more disgusting
than any econo-can driven Tango recipe. The flavor combination is
anchovy (added twice, so it gets the top of the list), safron, caraway,
sugar, truffle, cocoa, and lime. Doesn't the just scream to have some
milk of ipecac added to save time ? Maybe it isn't even needed.

Dean G.

Chef Fagin said:

Here at the Feed Bag, we often get asked for the recipe for our mashed
potatoes.

No doubt it is the poison control center making the requests.

Dean G.

Bob Terwilliger said:

Chef Fagin prevaricated:

Quoted message said:

Truffle gravy

To a half a cup of extra virgin olive oil, add one chopped anchovy, a
quarter teaspoon of cocoa powder, a quarter teaspoon of lime zest, and a
pinch of saffron.

Gently heat until a creamy consistency is achieved.
Take the pan off the flame and add a tablespoon of finely chopped truffle.

Mix well, then put the pan back over the flame for one minute, stirring
constantly.

Everybody wants to be Jimmy Tango...

Bob

And yet so few manage to pull it off...

Bob (no relation)