That’s looks so delicious and comforting 🤤 I don’t think we have garlic knots in Australia, so I might need to try to make some. They look like they’d be pillowy soft with a healthy amount of butter and garlic!

So I know for the future… Do you remember where you got them?

I hear ya. Thanks for all the tips! It’s just me and my partner, so really, how big of a unit do we need anyway.

It’s pretty yum with potatoes and it bulks it out a little more so it can be eaten over a few more meals.

Ooooh chopped peanuts would be delicious. Fried onions works well for the crunchy texture, but I don’t think it would work so well with this dish haha.

Well, potatoes wasn’t the main draw to go to Peru, haha. He and I are both mountain people, so climbing things was the top reason for wanting to head over to the Andes. Potatoes is a bonus.

We’ve only been to Brasil in South America, so we’re due to explore more of the continent. I’m not sure if I could bring myself to go to the Amazon. I’m the ultimate mosquito magnet, and I welt like mad as well. The trip would be incredible, but I would be miserable.

Ah, lucky. I have wanted chickens as I’ve gotten older, but still renting, so no chickens for me…

Ah, when I was previously looking, I was looking at the oven-type. The one that keeps popping up is the Phillips one, and I think it’s ugly af. I’ve seen the inside of some of them and people either don’t clean them or it’s not very easy to clean?

Good tip, thank you!

Same here in Australia. We had flooding so bad that it ruined the crops in Victoria and in Tasmania. Potatoes were coming in from overseas to help keep up with demand. Restaurants and cafes were ordering their usual orders of whatever shape and size they wanted, but it got to the point where chips would just show up when they were available (and not often the one they wanted), but if they didn’t take it, they’d have nothing.

Get a compost box and throw in a potato or two. You’ll never see the end of them!

I had been considering one for ages, then decided against it because of bench space… But it would definitely be easier on the power bill and helps with portion control.

The man is Irish, he will NOT part with the toaster lol. The only thing that actually lives on the bench is the kettle and a fruit basket. Having a bench top air fryer would definitely help with not heating up the entire house when it’s 30C at 9AM, and then 45C by the time it’s 6PM…

Edit: On the top of air fryers, which one do you have and/or recommend?

I’ll ask him when he gets home, haha. But WOW that’s a lot of potatoes. Peru is on our bucket list, and I think we know where my money is going… I’m going to eat all the potatoes.

Re fondant potatoes: I know, right! But just looking at them makes me drool. I can only imagine how soft and creamy they are inside.

I have not - I don’t have an air fryer, so I’ve just baked them in the oven. I’ve cubed or wedged them, tossed them in olive oil, sprinkle some seasoned salt on them, and eat it straight. If I’m feeling dippy, I mix together some mayo and sriracha.

Hasselbeck is SO GOOD. I also just love slicing potatoes about 0.5cm thick and baking them so they have crispy edges and soft on the inside.

I used to live near a historically Irish-immigration potato farming area, and they had the BEST potatoes. McCutcheon potatoes. I will always pick up 5-10kg when I happen to drive by. I never knew there were so many types of potato until I met my partner. It’s like a drug now.

Have you tried fondant potatoes? Was just reminded of them when I, like an addict, decided to look up different ways to eat potatoes.

Definitely. I used to live in really small towns in Victoria, Australia and I just couldn’t find some of the ingredients for a lot of Asian foods so I just had to use what was available. Some towns didn’t even have Asian grocers, and if they did, a lot of their products were far past their best before dates :(… Because a lot of regional Australian tastes are limited to parmas, burgers, fish and chips, and fried dim sims. 😭 Thai food is surprisingly popular, but they all get their ingredients from Melbourne, too.

It’s so good. I now have an over-abundance of eggplants in the fridge, so I’m eyeing up an eggplant curry next.

This is also very tasty eaten cold, too. Just had some for lunch!

Edit: Rude… I said thank you in my head, but didn’t put it in to text!

I love potatoes so much. It’s funny because my partner is Irish. He side eyes me every time I go nuts on the potatoes and says that I must have been Irish in my previous life. Potatoes are 100% a super food.

Just downloaded it. It has all the ones I listen to! It just makes it that much easier now to ditch Spotify. Now to decide to go with Qobuz or Tidal.

Edit: Rude. Forgot to say thank you!

Isn’t it!!! I might make some yeasty popcorn tonight.

I’ve been using nutritional yeast and it is like a cheese dust replacement. Would not recommend eating it by itself though (ie what’s leftover at the bottom of the bowl).

So a double whammy for health. To OP: Do an internet search for volume eating - lots of good suggestions there.

I’ve got one more story in Blindboy Boatclub’s Boulevard Wren and Other Stories, and I’ve just cracked open Marie Lu’s Red City. Once I finish Blindboy’s, I’ll start his next one, Topographia Hibernica.

Edit: Linked the books.

Thank you! The effort to tasty ratio is so good.

Would recommend getting some tamarind though. The tomato sauce was an okay substitute, but the tomato sauce taste came through pretty clear to me. Maybe put less?

Take note, those who haven’t deleted their Reddit accounts yet. Don’t do what I did - do this instead!

Excellent. I’ll you there. 😁