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Healthier Baked Potato

I love baked potatoes but tend to go overboard on the toppings, any suggestions for a healthier year?
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Slow Cooker Recipes For Mashed Potatoes

Do you have any slow cooker recipes for mashed potatoes and other tips for this kind of cooking?
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Properly Washing Potatoes

We eat potatoes, skins and all. Before eating all we do is wash them in clear water with a brush. Is that enough to remove any anti-sprouting agent that may remain on the potato?
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How To Thicken Mashed Potatoes

How do I thicken up watery mashed potatoes?
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I Like To Experiment And Try New Recipes For Mashed Potatoes Every Thanksgiving

I like to experiment and try new recipes for Thanksgiving, especially with mashed potatoes and I prefer to cook with fresh rather than frozen. Any ideas I can try?
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Unable To Blanch My Fries, What Do I Do?

I run a small diner and we are looking to use homemade French fries as opposed to the frozen variety. I have seen all of the suggestions about blanching. I have two, two bay Fryolators. I am a 24 hours operation and we have very little time when the fryers are freed up, especially to blanch the volume we need. On an average week, we go through 500lbs of French fries. What other suggestions do you have in order to improve our quality and efficiency?
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Headed to the Ballpark? Dr. Potato Tells You Where to Find the Best Potato Dishes

Dear Dr. Potato, I understand that ballparks across the nation are upgrading their food choices. Where can I find some great potato dishes to go with a great game?
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Waffle House Hashbrowns

Dr. Potato, why do I love Waffle House-style hash browns more than ones I make at home? What do they do to the food service version that makes them so good? Are they partially dehydrated? Or maybe seasoned with some kind of chemical? I mean the shredded kind that come in boxes, not the deep-fried QSR formed hash brown.
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Make Ahead Scalloped Potatoes

Do I have to blanch my potatoes, to make scalloped potatoes ahead of time?
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