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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: K Frame on August 31, 2022, 11:22:23 AM
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I keep a lot of canned tomato products in the pantry at all times. Incredibly versatile and I use a short ton of canned tomatoes during the winter.
I think I'm going to up that supply...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/farmers-warn-ketchup-salsa-pasta-sauce-other-tomato-products-could-soon-be-short-supply
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I'd give up most of my tomato products in exchange for more potato products. My store has been out of frozen hash browns (shredded) for months. :mad:
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I'd give up most of my tomato products in exchange for more potato products. My store has been out of frozen hash browns (shredded) for months. :mad:
My store (H.E.B.) has been out of store brand frozen hash brown patties for months - they occasionally get some other brand which is always noticeably more expensive. Bagged hash browns have usually been available.
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I've not noticed whether hash browns are in short supply, but I've not noticed shortages of french fries or tater tots.
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(https://thejolipantrydotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/potato-grate.gif)
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You can have my tomatoes. I hate them.
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Whoa whoa whoa!
Actually MAKING hash browns?
Yourself?
That's crazy talk!
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Can someone point me to the proper way to make hash browns without using a metric ton of grease?
Maybe I was trying to make too much at one time. I will have to look at the youtubers.
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I can't have enough Diced Tomatoes and Vidalia/Sweet Onions on hand!
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A little bit of grease and a non-stick pan work well for me when I make hash browns.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/220520/classic-hash-browns/
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Can someone point me to the proper way to make hash browns without using a metric ton of grease?
A hot cast iron pan and a metric ton of bacon grease is a recipe for success (and heart failure). I also like the "everything bagel" seasoning on mine. I suppose you could try other methods if deliciousness is not the priority.
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"I suppose you could try other methods if deliciousness is not the priority."
Yeah, because the only way to make food taste like a pile of festering *expletive deleted*it is to squeeze a smoke cured pig over it.
And then another one.
Sight.
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Can someone point me to the proper way to make hash browns without using a metric ton of grease?
Maybe I was trying to make too much at one time. I will have to look at the youtubers.
One thing I have found that works is after grating throw them in a bowl of water. When ready to cook squeeze out as much moisture as you can and then put on a dish towel and pat dry. You want as much moisture out of then as you can get. You want them to cook and crisp, not steam. I cook in butter. At least that is how I do it. YMMV
bob
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"One thing I have found that works is after grating throw them in a bowl of water. "
Bingo.
You need to get the free starch off the surface of the potatoes. I always go through at least 2 changes of water.
If you don't get the starch out of there it just turns to glue during cooking and the results are pretty nasty.
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Yeah, because the only way to make food taste like a pile of festering *expletive deleted*it is to squeeze a smoke cured pig over it.
And then another one.
You say that like smoke cure pig is a bad thing :rofl:
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I didn't mean say it's a bad thing.
I do mean to say it's not the only thing.
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A hot cast iron pan and a metric ton of bacon grease is a recipe for success (and heart failure)....
Impossible - that's the healthy vegetarian way of cooking!
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/9762/products/baconpurple800_1024x1024.png?v=1530295297)
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:cool:
It worked for the "tomato conglomerate" the last time they declared a shortage due to some noxious fly or another and they raised their prices 30 percent. Then when the "shortage" was over, they cut back prices to 115% of where they were before the "fly shortage."
Works every time. And not just for tomatos.
:rofl:
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Had a strong harvest of tomatoes early in the season. We canned gallons and gallons of tomato stuff. Pasta sauce, chili base, tomato paste... Managed about 70# of onions, still need to freeze a bunch.
Still getting peppers and a few tomatoes but recovery from the blister beetle destruction has been slow.