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(4.33 out of 5)A Famous Mashed Potatoes Recipe
August 15th, 2006 by markdownmomMarkDown Mom loves experimenting with new foods and especially likes to challenge her palate by testing her hand at replicating recipes. During her trip to the Mall of America, she stopped at Famous Dave’s™ to recharge her shopping battery and taste the wares of a new restaurant. In addition to ordering Famous Dave’s™ renowned ribs, MarkDown Mom tried the mashed potatoes and discovered all the ingredients to duplicate the recipe.
Ingredients:
10 Red potatoes
6 Garlic cloves
1 Cup of 1% or 2% milk
1 Tb. Butter or Margarine
1 tsp. Salt
STEPS:
- Scrub and clean red potatoes in cold water.
- Cut potatoes in thick “potato chip” slices; approximately 4 slices per potato.
- Place potatoes in pot of water and boil until you can easily poke fork into slices.
- Peel skin off garlic cloves. The best way to do this is by placing a chef’s knife directly on top of the garlic clove and hitting the knife handle firmly down, this should be quick and strong, so that it hits your cutting surface.
5. Mince garlic so that it is fine.
6. Sauté garlic with butter for 1-2 minutes or until garlic cloves are translucent.
7. Mash red potatoes with a strong fork or potato masher. While you are doing this, warm milk in microwave for 
1.5 minutes.
8. Slowly add milk to the mashed potatoes; stirring between milk pouring.
9. Add salt and the minced garlic and butter mix to the mashed potatoes and stir
ingredients in such that they are even throughout the mashed potatoes.
10. Serve immediately or keep in a warming tray until serving time.
* These red skin garlic mashed potatoes make a lovely side dish with grilled chicken, steak or barbeque ribs.
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August 17th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
[...] MarkDown Mom recently published an article on how to duplicate Famous Dave’s™ mashed potatoes, which required garlic as one of the main ingredients. MDM showed you one method of how to remove garlic skin from the clove; however, it can be messy. The EZ Rol Garlic Peeler, which uses silicon technology, is one invention that will remove garlic skin and save time without leaving you with sticky, dirty fingers. Most importantly it is easy to use! Simply place the garlic clove in the EZ Rol , press firmly down, and roll the tube back and forth until you hear the garlic skin snap and Presto…no more garlic skin!!! MDM also loves that the EZ Rol is easy to clean–just rinse the garlic skin out of the tube and place in the dishwasher. The EZ Rol Garlic Peeler is available in tan at Williams-Sonoma™ for $9.00 and at Amazon™ in red for $8.50. [...]
August 9th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Dear MarkDownMom: Question: Is it okay to peel potatoes and leave them in water overnight? Thanks in advance, Roger
Dear Roger; Thanks for the inquiry. I really don’t see any advantages to leaving potatoes in water overnight and, in fact, it may be ill-advised. Cold water is used in this recipe and for french fries as well which removes some of the starch and creates a better tasting potato and fries. Leaving them overnight is not a time saver since immersion in cold water can be done a few minutes before actually cooking them. Additionally, overnight even in the refrigerator will turn your potatoes dark. In this recipe, you can save time by not peeling the red potatoes; in fact, that is what I do in preparing this dish. Hope this answers your question. Markdown Mom
November 20th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
I NEED MAKE AHEAD RECEIPES..THANKS!
November 20th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
I NEED MAKE AHEAD RECEIPES..THANKS! GREAT SITE. ANY RECEIPE FOR MAKE DAY BEFORE POTATOES OR ANY CASSEROLE….
Dear Kathleen; Thank you for visiting our site. You may want to try our Festive Scalloped Corn Side Dish, conceivably can be made ahead and warmed up. It is really a favorite with our friends and family. We will be adding more recipes of that nature, but just a hint, look for some recipes involving wild rice as most wild rice hot dishes increase in flavor and are really better warmed up. In fact, we will be making one of our favorite wild rice recipes for Thanksgiving, and it gets better if it sits overnight since the flavors meld together. Check Markdown Mom’s Wild Rice Medley under Budget Wise Recipes. Thanks again, Markdown Mom