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Okay, so. I just lost a TON of diary. With a ton of pictures. And of course, I've packed too much into my holiday weekend to be able to totally recreate the diary. So you're getting half of it. The other half, probably with bonus recipes, will show up soon. It will include at least one of the appetizers I made for the party I attended last night.
So. Today, I was inspired to try something I've always loved and felt was too difficult to attempt. Man, I was wrong. It was easy. First of all, the ingredient list is pathetically small - five ingredients, and that's counting salt and pepper. Secondly, the majority of the grunt work is done by my food processor. (Oh how I love my KitchenAid appliances!!!!) The rest is a bit tricky, but really? SO doable.
So join me as this
becomes this
First, preheat your oven to 450 and move shelf to lower middle position. Then peel 3 lbs of russet potatoes. Melt 5 TBSP butter.
Using food processor (or mandolin) slice potatoes into 1/8" slices
Toss with butter
Heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil over medium low heat in 10" skillet.
layer potatoes - topping each layer with 1/4 tsp salt and with freshly ground pepper. When you START the layering process, set a timer for 30 minutes.
Let potatoes cook for the entire 30 minute period on the stovetop. Then, using a 9" cake pan, compress the potatoes
Cover skillet and relocate to oven. Cook, covered for 15 minutes. Remove cover and cook another 10 minutes. In the meantime, cover a rimless baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Using 9" cake pan in the same way as pictured above, but also with oven mitts, remove skillet from oven and press down with cake pan and tilt to drain excess oil. (Sorry, a photo here would have required a massive evolutionary event.)
Take baking sheet and place it (foil side down) over skillet. Using oven mitts, hold baking sheet to skillet and invert skillet.
Remove skillet
Slide dish from baking sheet to serving plate.
Apply to face.
Enjoy!
Without further ado, here are tonight's Top Comments!
From leu2500:
JTinDC made this New Year's Resolution about interacting on DK in The List' (updated) - Trim Diary.
In evidence that Great Minds Think Alike, yasuragi had this to say about the same comment:
Best comment on the subscription drive!
Just a beautiful comment on the warmth of this community, and that we've learned a lot about each other. We can all do better in dealing with dissension by carrying this feeling forward into the new year.
Happy New Year, TC Team. :)
(Happy New Year to you, too, Yasu!)
From Dragon5616:
If you want to read a righteous rant to start your new year, you won't find a better one than this one from Tim DeLaney in free electron's excellent post Capital Gains.
Since GMTA seems to be trending today, I'd like to note that the above comment by Tim DeLaney was also submitted to TC by Phil S 33.
from smileycreek:
old wobbly gives us the history of ponies on Daily Kos and is joyful at their return.
From Blue Boy Red State:
In Hunter's brilliant front page post I am phoning in this essay, A Mad Mad World offers the comment of the day.
(Thanks to Dragon5616's eagle eye in catching that submission!)
From nomandates:
This thread in Nurse Kelley's Last Call diary http://www.dailykos.com/.... has mimi learning a new word in the wee hours of the morning and concluding, 'Now I am not only drunk, but completely broke.'
Top Mojo for New Year's Eve! WooT! Thank you mik!
1) Security: what to say when you take video: by G2geek — 155
2) Every time I see some one compare the by ontheleftcoast — 105
3) Lightbulb by susanthe — 105
4) I am touched. by Lightbulb — 104
5) Safest place to spend New Year's Eve, 2011 by KelleyRN2 — 94
6) The healing will be the hard part. On one hand, by noise of rain — 92
7) Corporations are a legal creation - unlike people. by The Knute — 84
8) They Have Masses of Anti-Factual True Believers by Gooserock — 84
9) I continue to believe... by David Kroning II — 83
10) Fighting Bob Bergman... by Giles Goat Boy — 79
11) I have been there by PSWaterspirit — 76
12) Remembering by arizonablue — 76
13) How does a state heal from something like this? by Herodotus Prime — 76
14) Requisite Nurse Kelley photo by navajo — 75
15) Thank you Susan. by Lightbulb — 71
16) This is excellent advice, and the "depersonalized" by noise of rain — 70
17) How do we heal? We'll let ya know... by stcroix cheesehead — 70
18) Yes she does. by indiemcemopants — 67
19) I can empathize with your position. by peregrine kate — 64
20) We saw that tactic used loudly this year. by asym — 63
21) The small donors made it possible, Darlin by KelleyRN2 — 62
22) Hurry Up, Everyone by JekyllnHyde — 61
23) Years ago I was in New York by asym — 60
24) Sosnoski knew the police were friendly by lgcap — 60
25) Remembering my lost sweeties. by allergywoman — 59
26) 1951 Eric Hoffer "The True Believers" by bernardpliers — 57
27) They Have Cops to Spare on New Year's Eve by Gooserock — 57
28) Thanks... over the phone, I promised Bob that by noise of rain — 56
29) Cherish every day and celebrate life by arizonablue — 54
30) but dont smoke pot..... by xxdr zombiexx — 54
31) fly high by kishik — 54
32) In memory of Barney: 3/1/96-2/19/11 by Sister Havana — 54
Top Pictures, thanks to Jotter and his amazing picture quilt!!!