Inspired by copious amounts of Rhode Islands most famous beverage, Narragansett Lager, a vaporizer, half a joint and my annoying, yet loving aunt talking my ear off all day about mundane things, I've whipped together a crude form of potato cake that's sure to please anyone who's lucky enough to come across them. After steaming 5 potatoes and two sweet potatoes, I've mashed them until smooth and added a whole avocado, flax seed meal (binder), cilantro, salt, garlic powder and love. Let cool, form into patties and bake at 350 degrees until a golden crust forms.
We've sometimes taken left-over deluxe mashed spuds (made with slight amount of mayonnaise, spicy brown mustard, garlic, granulated onion, sea salt, black pepper, dash of yellow mustard powder, and ???), shaped them into patties about 1/2" to 5/8" thick, and maybe 4"+ in diameter, then dredge them in seasoned flour, and fry in piping hot oil or butter of your choice, until they are a crispy golden brown on both sides.
Ate those on occasion as a kid, and somewhat more rarely, as an adult. Rich, high carb use of left over mashed potatoes... Mmmmm.
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Just had minor servings of the standard holiday meal; had a 16+ lb. turkey I bought last year, frozen, after the holiday festivities for about (if I recall correctly) .25 cents or .30 cents/lb.; maybe less.
Had left-over stir-fried organic veggies (instead of steaming the Brussels sprouts I'd picked up; have them later, I guess), mashed potatoes (left over from my wife making her standard Norwegian lefse). Lowered salt turkey and giblet gravy, and ONE tiny bite of homemade apple pie.