EATFREAK

hello hello hello.  I’ve got a quicky for you today.  I’m exhausted.  It’s been one of those weeks.  But regardless of exhaustion I love recipes like this.  It’s insanely insanely easy to make and (in my opinion) fucked up good.  I say “in my opinion” because I know a few people who don’t dig it.  I think they are crazy people, but I thought I’d warn you – simple and tasty as this may be – it has a history of not necessarily being a crowd pleaser.  I could eat this every day.

It works all year round.  It’s an amazing substitute to boring usual potato dishes.  It’s great hot OR cold.  It’s the shit.  So here you have it.

1 lb.  Fingerling potatoes – the skin’s not going anywhere
1 lemon – just the juice
Italian Parsley – about a fistful of leaves
Olive Oil – um.  some.  I don’t know, like 1/4 cup – probably less.
Kosher Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper

SO!   Let’s do it!

1.  Rinse the potatoes.  Then Steam them.  Do that however you want I guess.  I could have just left them in the colander and stuck that in a pot of shallow water – but  didn’t.  I used one of my favorite little weird robots – this guy.

I don’t know why, but since I was very very young I’ve always loved this stupid little thing.  It looks like a dumb little robot.  Anyway, if you’ve never used one – it opens up into a basket, which you place in a pot – fill water till it doesn’t quite rise above the basket – bring the water to a boil – put your steam-able stuff in the basket – cover and steam.  boom.  that’s what I did.

It took about 20 (ish) minutes til they were done.  When you poke them with a fork, the fork needs to meet little to no resistance.

2.  Put the Potatoes and everything else in a big bowl.  about the Olive Oil – I don’t know if it’s 1/4 cup.  you just drizzle it over everything ‘til it’s coated.  Not so much that it’s soggy and gross – but if you don’t do enough it can be a really dry dish.

3.  Mash everything with a masher.  If you don’t have a masher use a big fork, or two.  Use anything really – just mash the crap out of it  Don’t use anything electric to mash this up, it’s not meant to be smooth and pretty.  It’s meant to look fucked up and dirty.

4.  Stir it up a bit, serve, and EAT!!!!!!!!!!

So.  That portion right there is enough for a side dish for two people.  If you want to make more, it’s easy.  It’s really an eyeball sort of dish.  Do as much potatoes as you want and keep eyeballing stuff til it looks like it’s supposed to.  When it looks right, it’ll taste right.  except the lemon part – don’t skimp on that.

When I think of Meat and Potatoes – this is the potatoes part.  It’s freaking amazing served with a Steak.  Serve it cold with a fish dish in the summer.  It’s dirty and easy, but it has the ability to look really elegant and awesome on a plate. The whole thing takes tops 30 minutes to make happen, most of which is the steaming which is no work at all.  It’s dumb not to make this dish.  Unless you don’t like it – which means you’re the dumb one.

ok bye.

P.S.  Do I have to mention how cheap this dish is to make?  If you don’t have Salt, Pepper, and Olive Oil in your home, I have absolutely no idea what you are doing reading this blog in the first place – which means all you’re buying is a lemon, a bunch of Italian parsley, and a pound of fingerling potatoes.  It’s a joke.  I mean it – good bye.