Tuesday Favorites.... Potatoes
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Some might say mashed and eaten off of a stripper's breasts but I say that's nonsense.
Everybody knows glitter doesn't taste good.
But it does make your poop sparkle.
Alex.
Everybody knows glitter doesn't taste good.
But it does make your poop sparkle.
Alex.
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Sorry to add again, but something we used to get when we were young that you just don’t see much anymore was pretty dang good - potato logs. There was a junior store in town that had a kitchen and they had “tater logs” every day. Must’ve cut the potatoes into about four wedges, skin on, and fried them in lard. I think they must’ve dusted them in flour as they had a crunchy coating on them. We’d stop by to get fried chicken for supper and a big order of tater logs, which often didn’t make it home!
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My weakness when driving for work. Always at some back road gas station done to perfectionSorry to add again, but something we used to get when we were young that you just don’t see much anymore was pretty dang good - potato logs. There was a junior store in town that had a kitchen and they had “tater logs” every day. Must’ve cut the potatoes into about four wedges, skin on, and fried them in lard. I think they must’ve dusted them in flour as they had a crunchy coating on them. We’d stop by to get fried chicken for supper and a big order of tater logs, which often didn’t make it home!
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Those are the "tater wedges" that I mentioned. [\puke]Sorry to add again, but something we used to get when we were young that you just don’t see much anymore was pretty dang good - potato logs. There was a junior store in town that had a kitchen and they had “tater logs” every day. Must’ve cut the potatoes into about four wedges, skin on, and fried them in lard. I think they must’ve dusted them in flour as they had a crunchy coating on them. We’d stop by to get fried chicken for supper and a big order of tater logs, which often didn’t make it home!
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are you referring to Junior Food Store(s)?
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Yessir. Quincy had several owned by a businessman by the name of JQ Kelly, “Kelly’s Jr.” There was one across US 90 from where I lived. Can’t tell you how many trips I made across that road for a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread, or if I had some money from Coke bottle refunds or yard raking I’d buy a comic book and a Coke.
“Kelly’s Kitchen” was located on 90 just above Corry Athletic Field and the Nat’l Guard Armory where I grew up playing football, baseball, and basketball. It was pretty frequently that we stopped and grabbed a chicken box and tater logs on the way home. Just across the street from Corry Field was the Joe Wedles packing house where shade leaf tobacco was processed, stored, and shipped for the Hav-a-Tampa cigar company. I worked there several summers after all the tobacco was primed and cured on the farm and I’d go up the street to Kelly’s many days for lunch. Those were good, simple times.
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Sorry to add again, but something we used to get when we were young that you just don’t see much anymore was pretty dang good - potato logs. There was a junior store in town that had a kitchen and they had “tater logs” every day. Must’ve cut the potatoes into about four wedges, skin on, and fried them in lard. I think they must’ve dusted them in flour as they had a crunchy coating on them. We’d stop by to get fried chicken for supper and a big order of tater logs, which often didn’t make it home!
Definitely not a fan of thick fries. I like mine thin and crispy.
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I guess tater logs can be quite polarizing. At one time, McDonald’s fries were the gold standard of thin and crispy, but seems like they weren’t hard all the way through. “Chandler’s,” which was a locally owned franchise similar to McDonald’s, cut their fries fresh and they were as good or better than Ray Croc’s. Seems like nowadays all the thin ones are more crunchy than crispy and can be downright hard. We’ve got a little cheap French fries cutter and will usually have them when we cook fish or hamburgers. @Okeechobee Joe ’s crinkle cuts are our go-to when we want to save a little time and they are easy to get pretty crisp.
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Love tater tots. Especially with brown mustard and malt vinegar.
Also love pretty much anything made from sweet potatoes.
I have a kid who refuses to eat ANYTHING made from any kind of potato.
Also love pretty much anything made from sweet potatoes.
I have a kid who refuses to eat ANYTHING made from any kind of potato.
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No, I think most people like tater wedges. I just don't regardless of how many teeth I have... ;)
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