Patatas, Potatoes, Taters, Kamja, etc... Meals

Several days ago when I went downstairs to throw wet trash in the food garbage bins behind the admin office of our buildings, I saw a couple of guys unloading boxes. I asked what was in the boxes and they told me they were freshly harvested potatoes. And one box (with over 20 kilos of potatoes in it) would cost only 10,000 won (a little over $10). I thought it was a great deal so I bought one box.


Now here's my dilemna, there's only three of us in our house and one of us is a little 8 year old boy. What to do with over 20 kilos of spuds? I could always give some to my friends but then, it would still leave a lot of taters with us. I foresee a lot of potato meals in my post soon.


A couple of nights ago I baked some potatoes for supper. Hubby had his baked potato (topped with sauteed onions and bell pepper strips) with baked ribs while Billy had his (smothered and drowning in butter) with fried chicken. I ate mine with butter, some salt and pepper. There's nothing more heavenly than a perfect baked potato (soft and creamy inside).



The rest of the baked potatoes were reincarnated into hash browns for breakfast. To make hash browns, just peel a cold baked potato and coarsely grate it on a plate. Grab a handful and form a firm patty between your fingers. Heat up some oil in a nonstick pan and drop the patty in. Press down with a spatula and let cook over medium heat until one side is golden brown. Turn over and cook the other side until its golden brown and crispy.

Hubby enjoyed his with scrambled egg and crispy bacon on the side. Billy wanted just bacon with his hash browns, so this is his plate. I usually sprinkle some iodized salt and ground black pepper on the hash browns before I serve them. For my hash browns, preferred them done a little differently...

I wanted my potatoes to be cut into little cubes before frying them golden brown. I also wanted it to be folded in with the scrambled eggs. This is variation of a Spanish tapa meal which consists of fried potatoes in a quiche-like omelet. In the Philippines, I remember my grandmother, Mamang Chit< would simply cut up potatoes into julienne strips and fry them and then just cover them with scrambled eggs. It was a favorite breakfast of mine.


I had some fried little korean sausages with my egss & potatoes. I didn't eat any bread since there were enough carbs on my plate already. :)