Does mash potato reheat well?

jrrowleyws

Make slices of it (1-2cm thick) and lightly fry. Makes mash potato crisps, awesome!

helping_hubby

jrrowleyws wrote:

Make slices of it (1-2cm thick) and lightly fry. Makes mash potato crisps, awesome!

Oooh I love the sound of this as I don't actually like mash potato.

Thank you everyone for your tips.

Can anyone else confirm about potato being as bad as rice in terms of food poisoning? I've never heard this before, but I need to be careful as my husband comes down with food poisoning/tummy bugs quite often. I will go and google to see if I can come up with any info.

freyasmum

jrrowleyws wrote:

Make slices of it (1-2cm thick) and lightly fry. Makes mash potato crisps, awesome!

Wow! That's sounds nice, odd, but nice

Lx

helping_hubby

The only thing I've been able to find so far is something about not mixing dairy products with potatoes - and then reheating. Potato salad crops up with relation to food poisoning, but I can't find anything potato specific. So I'll definitely give the chilling/freezing a go.

ells2123

Firehorse wrote:

The other thing I do, is make duchess potatoes (piped shapes) and potato croquets (sp?) sometimes adding cheese for variation. They all freeze well. Sometimes I defrost, sometimes I pop them straight into the oven.

Would love to know how you make the croquets, yum!!

morganb

Really nice if you add black pepper and creme fraiche too ... or lots of grated cheese; you could mix in cheese, put in into greased ramekins and heat in the oven until bubbling .. they would be very scrummy

tracyk

helping_hubby wrote:

Can anyone else confirm about potato being as bad as rice in terms of food poisoning? I've never heard this before, but I need to be careful as my husband comes down with food poisoning/tummy bugs quite often. I will go and google to see if I can come up with any info.

I don't think this is the site where I originally read the info. but it gives a bit of detail - I suppose any food that isn't stored properly will inevitably lead to an upset tummy though....
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Health/cereus.asp

jrrowleyws

freyasmum wrote:

Wow! That's sounds nice, odd, but nice

Lx

hehe, ive done them quite a few times, brown them so they go crispy and they go with almost anything!

Firehorse

ells2123 wrote: »

Would love to know how you make the croquets, yum!!

Take some mash, form into desired shape. Dip in beaten egg, coat in breadcrumbs, then either open freeze or cook off in the oven.

These can be varied as much as your imagination and tastebuds. The kids love cheese, cheese & bacon, tuna & sweetcorn, ground nuts and parsley.

Andybez38

Im gonna start doing a meal planner for a weeks meals in advance. What is the best way to reheat mash potatoes (worried they willl dry out). I may chill or freeze depending on whether my meals need mash that week.