[RECIPE] Ben's Famous Holiday Potatoes

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I call them Holiday Potatoes because I only ever make them on either Thanksgiving or Christmas, because if you eat it more than once a year you will immediately die.

(It's mostly copied from other online potatoes au-gratin recipes, but I'm still callin' it mine because I made two tiny modifications.)

INGREDIENTS
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3 tbsp flour
3 tbsp butter
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
'Bout 5 cups russet potatoes, sliced 1/8 inch thick (about 5-6 small/medium-sized taters.)
2 cups half-and-half
8 oz sharp cheddar, shredded

- Preheat oven to 350
- Melt butter in large saucepan.
- Add flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika
- Stir to combine for a minute or two.
- Slowly whisk in half-and-half
- Bring to boil, until thickened.
- Stir in cheese, until melted.
- Add potatoes, mix thoroughly
- Dump into a greased 2 quart baking dish.
- Cover tightly with foil, bake for an hour.
- Remove foil, bake for another 30 minutes till you start to get them little browned bits on the top

A huge hit at every holiday occasion (but only one of them, otherwise-- DEATH!!

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It's that time of year again, so bumping this so it's easier for me to find. Thanks, slightly younger Pinback!

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

DEATH

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Have you heard the term scalloped potatoes? This is close, no?

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Yes. Potatoes mixed with a cheesy sauce and baked. Whaddya want.

https://www.southernliving.com/food/veg ... -scalloped

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I think I will add some bacon this year. Fuck everything.

[Tdarcos]

I call them Holiday Potatoes because I only ever make them on either Thanksgiving or Christmas, because if you eat it more than once a year you will immediately die.
A huge hit at every holiday occasion (but only one of them, otherwise-- DEATH!!

Lies, lies, all lies. It's no more deadly than it's famous. Hey, we heard that crap before. In Genesis, God told Adam and Eve that if they ate from the Tree of Life, "on that day you shall surely die." The serpent told them that God was lying his ass off, and they would not die on the day they ate the fruit of the Tree of Life, as God claimed. They ate from the tree, and did not die on that day. Adam lived over 800 years after that. You tell lies, just like God in the Bible.

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Ugh. Now I HOPE I die.

[Tdarcos]

Ugh. Now I HOPE I die.

By the way, yes, Ben, someday your hope will come to fruition.

[AArdvark]

What's taters?

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Say again?

[AArdvark]

Boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew.

Aint you nebber seen that hobbit ring novie?

[ChainGangGuy]

With so many holiday friendly recipes, I think we should all be thankful for Pinback this year.

[Casual Observer]

With so many holiday friendly recipes, I think we should all be thankful for Pinback this year.

No Sir, I don't like it.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Ahhhhh you two are more friends than ya know.

[Tdarcos]

With so many holiday friendly recipes, I think we should all be thankful for Pinback this year.

As a one-legged, one-eyed quadriplegic, I can look at my life and be thankful, I could have become like him. :)

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Damn. Hurtful.

[AArdvark]

Instead of holiday potatoes can we have potato holidays?

THE
SPUD MONDAY
AARDVARK

[AArdvark]

a one-legged, one-eyed quadriplegic

Wouldn't you identify as a triplegic?

[Casual Observer]

a one-legged, one-eyed quadriplegic

Wouldn't you identify as a triplegic?

A one eyed one legged lying down half purple Starbursts eater