Comments on: Potatoes Anna with Cinnamon and Coriander

By: Mar

Mar — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:34:27 +0000

Yay! Cast iron cooking!

As a person who frequently accidentally cuts herself in the kitchen, (I dropped a rubber-handled knife one time while washing dishes. It bounced off the counter and stuck in my wrist.), I say get as many safety features as you can and then go ahead and use your knife because who wants special equipment for every single thing you do in the kitchen? You can learn to slice thin but you will have to take some blood with it. And perhaps some stitches. If the mandolin can’t protect you, then just slice slowly and carefully with a knife.

Also I’d recommend that you not try to lose 15 pounds in six months. Just try to lose five pounds this month and see what happens from there. Eat lots of veggies…add them to everything. Good luck!

By: Lore

Lore — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:13:47 +0000

That’s one gorgeous photo and I can finally see how a pro setting looks like. I must try that cinnamon twist, it sounds delicious

By: Iris

Iris — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:00:53 +0000

I imagine this will go well with sweet potatoes too. Might need to adjust the time a bit, since sweet potatoes are usually “mushier.” But I once had sweet potatoes chips with cinnamon sugar sprinkles and it was delicious. Half savory, half sweet.

By: Nan

Nan — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:51:12 +0000

Those potatoes look crispeh and goooood. Thanks for the advice on the mandolines, too…I’m always looking for product info.

By: lissie

lissie — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:29:04 +0000

the potatoes look divine! i will have a whole bowl of it….

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:56:22 +0000

I’m gonna make this.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:48:29 +0000

Cinnamon and coriander sounds tasty on potatoes! In terms of mandolines, I have my own personal favorite: The OXO Handheld Mandoline.

By: kimberleyblue

kimberleyblue — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:50:07 +0000

I saw these potatoes today, and had to make them – so they were part of tonight’s dinner. Absolutely delicious!! (and even without a mandolin)

Thanks for the recipe!

By: Ric

Ric — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:28:22 +0000

In a fit of extravagance a couple of years ago, we splurged on a top of the line de Buyer mandolin. It _is_ better than the lower quality ones I’ve tried (sturdier, cleaner cut, smoother for lots of repetitions – once you get momentum on that thing, its amazing how fast you go) but it was nearly twice as expensive as them as well. It is good, but just not twice as good and would not recommend it unless you’re looking to burn that Williams Sonoma gift card.

I seem to recall that Alton once demonstrated a mandolin wearing one of those oyster shucking chain mail gloves instead of the hand guard. I always thought that was a great idea…I see that although they go for $12 on some web sites, you can easily spend more one one than on the mandolin!

By: finsbigfan

finsbigfan — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:53:06 +0000

Oh my I will be making the potatoes TONIGHT. Don’t have a mandolin (not yet) but will run the taters through my slicer. As for the playroom, ahhh the memories, we have 2 sons, 22 months apart, they are 18 and 20 now, but back in the day our family room became the “kid debris” room. One day my husband brought home a dust pan–an 18 inch dust pan. It became my go to tool to clean up the “debris”. Just run that sucker along the carpet and those legos and tiny cars didn’t stand a chance! They would follow me around pushing the toy boxes and the room got cleaned up for 15 minutes…until the next mess……………