Good times

Kevin came to visit me in TX, and we've had a wonderful week together (well, aside from me being sick last wednesday and thursday, but anyway). There was much to celebrate; I had a new apartment, he just finished his M.S., and (as I just found out today), I got my first paper accepted to a conference! Hooray!

Instead of going out, we decided to make dinner. What was on the menu? Brownies, Shake n' Bake chicken pieces, and a custom recipe for garlic mashed potatoes. Kevin and I both -love- garlic, so, for all you garlic enthusiasts out there, here is our recipe!

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KEVIN'S & SUZANNE'S GARLIC LOVERS MASHED POTATOES

4 large red potatoes
1 can of garlic chicken broth
3-4 cloves of garlic
1 T butter
1 - 2 T milk

1. Cut potatoes into reasonably sized chunks and toss them into a medium saucepan.

2. Pour in 1 can of garlic chicken broth. Add additional water until tops of potatoes are just covered with water. Mince 2 cloves of garlic with garlic press and add in.

3. Bring potatoes to a boil; when it boils, let simmer for an additional 6-8 minutes; Potatoes are done when you can stick a fork into the individual pieces

4. Drain away the majority of the broth, letting only a little bit remain. Mash with potato masher. Add milk, a little bit at a time, to get desired consistency. Mash with one tablespoon of butter.

5. Cut up the last one to two cloves of garlic (depending on your taste!) into coarse slices, each about 2-3 mm thick. Throw into mashed potatoes and mash till properly assimilated. Salt and pepper to taste.



Ok, back to Olympics and perhaps some more Cowboy Bebop! Nikhil, I finally understand why you wanted a Corgi :-)

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Man, those potatoes are powerful. Other suggested titles:

Kevin's and Suzanne's Hit-Me-in-the-Face-with-Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Kevin's and Suzanne's Garlic-Explosion Mashed Potatoes
Kevin's and Suzanne's Pistol-Whipped-with-Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Kevin's and Suzanne's I-don't-mind-knocking-people-unconscious-for-a-week Mashed Potatoes
Kevin's and Suzanne's Vampire-Slayer Mashed Potatoes
Kevin's and Suzanne's Garlic Armageddon Mashed Potatoes
Kevin's and Suzanne's Death-By-Garlic Mashed Potatoes

More Mashed Potato title suggestions welcome