ideas for leftover mash?

[hairylee]

Anyone got any suggestions, got a mountain of the stuff from last nights tea

[Sunflower49]

I make it into fritter-type things. Fry some sliced onions and spices, add flour to the mash, add onions/spices, roll into balls, flatten and then shallow fry. Do okay in oven too I'm just impatient

Also good for thickening soups, or add stock and fried chopped leaks , season and make potato soup.
Mash freezes well anyway

[Marl]

Make potatoe cakes with it you just need flour .

[Eric]

Originally Posted by sugarmouse0707

I make it into fritter-type things. Fry some sliced onions and spices, add flour to the mash, add onions/spices, roll into balls, flatten and then shallow fry. Do okay in oven too I'm just impatient

Also good for thickening soups, or add stock and fried chopped leaks , season and make potato soup.
Mash freezes well anyway

Ok ... lots of ingredients to taste ... but, how much flour do you add? You don't have to be exact.

And why do I have to roll it into my balls I can't see how that would improve the taste

[Margaret Pilkington]

Sweat some onions, add some corned beef and then mix with the mash.........coat the mixture with some seasoned flour....dip in beaten egg, then breadcrumbs and fry until golden brown....a bit like fish cakes, but with corned beef.

Alternatively, you could add flaked fish...finny haddock if liked, some parsley and chives and then do the flour, egg and breadcrumb thing and you have some very tasty fish cakes.

[Gordon Booth]

Just throw it away. Disgusting stuff!
Going to all that trouble to use up a bit of second hand mash? Crazy.

[emamum]

i as going to say fish cakes aswell

[cashman]

Yeh got no idea Gordon.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Sweat some onions, add some corned beef and then mix with the mash.........coat the mixture with some seasoned flour....dip in beaten egg, then breadcrumbs and fry until golden brown....a bit like fish cakes, but with corned beef.

Alternatively, you could add flaked fish...finny haddock if liked, some parsley and chives and then do the flour, egg and breadcrumb thing and you have some very tasty fish cakes.

Like the idea of finny haddock ... Atho' I don't know if I can get it over here ... Always a fav of mine ... And you can use the bones as toothpicks

[Margaret Pilkington]

I suppose you could use salmon, or tuna.

Gordon....I was taught to use up leftovers(there is too much food wasted today because people do not know what to do with it, to make it usable)...and done in the right way you would not know they were leftovers........and anyway, it isn't second hand mash....it's leftovers.

[emamum]

you could always just make a shepherds pie and us the mash on top?

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Gordon....I was taught to use up leftovers(there is too much food wasted today because people do not know what to do with it, to make it usable)...and done in the right way you would not know they were leftovers........and anyway, it isn't second hand mash....it's leftovers.

If hairylee hadn't made too much in the first place(that's waste) there wouldn't be any leftovers.
By the time she can act on your suggestions it'll be three days old(that's dangerous).
I hate it when it's fresh but three days old-Yuck.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Vegetarian option...add grated cheddar cheese and spring onions.......and maybe a few frozen peas......flour, dip in beaten egg, then breadcrumbs and fry, grill or bake.

Put the leftover mash on top of cooked minced meat(lamb or beef). voila...shepherds pie/cottage pie.

Mix with grated cheese and onions and put into a pastry case......cheese and onion pie/pasty

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

If hairylee hadn't made too much in the first place(that's waste) there wouldn't be any leftovers.
By the time she can act on your suggestions it'll be three days old(that's dangerous).
I hate it when it's fresh but three days old-Yuck.

It is only dangerous if it hasn't been kept in the right conditions.(and if it isn't cooked at a high enough temperature)
And maybe there is a reason why there was leftovers...maybe someone who should have been dining didn't.

When deciding if food is not suitable for consumption, you look at it, smell it, and give some to you other half...if he survives then it should be oK to eat.

Gordon...way back when...there were no fridges or freezers....we regularly ate stuff that had been sat on the cellar head for days......we cut the green off the cheese.......did we come to any harm?
I can't speak for you...but I certainly didn't.

[Restless]

could you freeze it? sounds disgusting i know, but i have seen some frozen mash for sale in the asda