Potatoes and Such
Posted by Nirav | Filed under Food
First, I’ve figured out some issues with photos: if I take a picture on my iPhone, WordPress throws a HTTP error when I try to upload it, but it uploads anyways. However, I then cannot insert a thumbnail of the picture into a post; it has to be the whole picture, resized down to 400 by 300 pixels, apparently in-browser with standard HTML image resizing: not the best algorithm. Solution? Take pictures with my camera.
(Update: never mind. Problem happens with my camera too. Will investigate further; thanks for bearing with me.)
The other day, I fried up a couple of potatoes with some onions and tomatoes. Before frying, I wanted to cook them, so I called my mom (of course) and she walked me through an excellent way to cook potatoes using only a microwave and a plastic bag.
It depends on the size and number of potatoes, but the basic idea is that you seal up some halved potatoes in a plastic grocery bag, microwave for a number of minutes, flip them over, microwave again, and then let them sit. I say “a number of minutes” because I’m not sure quite how to figure that out, and I don’t want to lead anyone astray (not that anyone jumped up at this paragraph and tried frantically to cook potatoes in their microwave).
While the potatoes were cooking, I started off the pan by sautéeing a quarter of an onion, sliced. After a bit I dumped in the quartered tomatoes and, when the potatoes were done cooking, I halved those halves again as well and dropped them in too, making sure to give the insides of the quarters plenty of pan time to crispen them.
Plating was simple: I dropped as much as I wanted to eat in a bowl and topped with chopped lettuce, feta cheese, salsa, salt, and pepper.
I definitely would advise to eat this while it’s still hot; once the potatoes cool down, they really don’t taste nearly as good anymore. Here’s another picture for you, and good night.
