{"id":515,"date":"2013-07-11T20:02:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T20:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2013-07-11T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T20:00:47","slug":"515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"Potato Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We did American regional cooking in school this week, and it was fun, but tough. I tend to stick with Mexican, grilling, and barbecue when it comes to food, and doing these has really broadened my horizons. I had to make chicken wings, deep dish pizza, and potato croquettes.
\nI’ve made pizza several times, but I’ve not made a home made crust in a long time and I’ve never made the sauce before, but I will from now on. It was delicious. And that along with the blue cheese dressing I made, were the only things I could taste. But I wanted to taste them all.
\nI love chicken wings, but I don’t deep fry, it scares me. I’ll be making the pizza this weekend, but the potato croquettes, I had to make right away.<\/p>\n

I can’t stay away from potatoes. It’s the Irish in me I suppose, but I could live on potatoes. Especially if they are mashed, so I knew these were meant for me, and I couldn’t wait another day to try and make a gluten free version of this.<\/p>\n

I’m assuming that you all know how to boil russet potatoes, right? And then mash them? I know you usually mash them with a lot of butter, salt, pepper, and cream, but don’t. That will make them not hold together. <\/p>\n

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I put some sliced up leeks, a couple tablespoons of butter, just a couple, some salt, and an egg white or two, depending on how many potatoes you used. I used two, and roughly half a bag of potatoes.
\nAfter this all comes together, form into a patty.<\/p>\n

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\nOk form into several patties.
\nThen to bread them, dip in flour, then an egg wash and then breadcrumbs. I used all gluten free stuff here. <\/p>\n

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\nLet these chill out in the fridge for a while, then, fry them. I just pan fried them. <\/p>\n

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I have no idea where these have been all my life, but now that we’ve found each other, I hope we are never apart again. I may work on a sauce for them, or I may try to lighten them up a bit. I do know, that my little goober really liked them, so I can sneak more veggies in them. And yes, they do take some effort, but I froze half and will bet they will keep just fine frozen. <\/p>\n

If you have an idea, let me know, or if you make something I post about on here, please tell me what you thought of it. I’d love to hear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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