Comments on: Helen presents: Jill Dupleix’s smashing, crashing

By: This is your dinner

This is your dinner — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:22:52 +0000

[...] went there looking for something green to put alongside the baked pasta and smashed potatoes I had planned. As soon as I saw the lettuces I knew I had an excuse to make Deb’s buttermilk [...]

By: Zoe

Zoe — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:28:39 +0000

How’d you like them, David? I’ve never met anyone who didn’t go crazy for them ;)

By: David

David — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:16:33 +0000

Bernice – Hasselbaeck potatoes (the name says it all, really … )

I’m doing the squished’n'oiled spuds tonight to accompany a lamb and lettuce friccasse – I’ve never tried it before, so I hope it’s good enough to match the spuds.

By: Bernice

Bernice — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:47:29 +0000

Bewdiful. Shall add to the cauly in my extensive range of culinary disasters.

From Dutch/American flatmate many many years ago… get thee Pontiacs – slice lengthways in half. Carefully slice with a dangerously sharp knife little slits almost almost through, til they look like wood slaters. Drizzle with EVOO and sprinkle with rock salt. Bake hot and fast.

By: David

David — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:08:00 +0000

I’m drooling. Maybe try it with macadamia oil? I often use it for oven-baked veg.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:35:43 +0000

Dorian made these yesterday, they were delicious even though they didn’t smash quite as much as in the picture. We used some fancy variety of $5 a kilo potatoes that I can’t remember the name of. I think they might’ve been a bit on the big side.

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:20:34 +0000

I just read that post one handed.

Ah potatoes! The devil’s testicles – according to some medieval sources I may have misremembered and can’t be arsed googling.

Seriously, if eveyone one here had to nominate their top five vegetables and we averaged it all, I bet the spud would come out on top.

NB: The tomato is a fruit not a vegetable.

NNB: But anything that involves both potatoes and tomatoes getting their thang on together is totally cool by me.

NNBB: Except that a martini using potato-based vodka and cherry tomatoes substituting for olives is just wrong. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

NNNBB: I need a stiff drink after having written that.

NNNBBB: OK, just had one. Y’all can relax now and go about your business.

By: worldpeace and a speedboat

worldpeace and a speedboat — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:49:58 +0000

mmmmm yeassss… I know someone who (from last count) can’t stand Jill and has been doing something very similar for at least a decade… ‘cept with probably about 4 times the oil and as much garlic as you can cram in between. they’re known as heart-stopper potatoes in some parts ;-)