This is a new kind of post for me. I haven’t done a cooking post before. Probably because I’ve never learned to cook. My mother was a terrible cook. You think I’m exaggerating? Okay, here’s her recipe for steak. Take a pile of steak out of the freezer. Using a rolling pin, beat on the pile until the pile separates into individual steaks. Put the steaks under the broiler for 15 minutes. Turn the steaks over, and broil for another 15 minutes. Good luck trying to cut into this steak. Here’s her recipe for spaghetti sauce. Open a jar of Ragu and empty it into the kettle. Fill the empty jar with water and add it to the kettle. Add onion salt. Add garlic salt. Let it cook for a couple hours.
And so I’m writing a cooking post.
Once upon a time, I needed to bring a dish to pass to a halloween party so I invented anti-werewolf potatoes. Unfortunately, there are no specific amounts for this recipe. I created it on the fly and just started tossing things into the slow cooker.
I like using little new potatoes for this, but any decent potato will do. Wash but don’t peel the potatoes. Chop to potatoes into bite size chunks.
Chop up an onion.
Chop up lots of fresh garlic. You want to keep the werewolves away, so use lots of garlic. When in doubt, add more garlic.
The original version used coarse sea salt and fresh ground pepper. I’ve been experimenting. Savory Spice has a Sunday Pot Roast seasoning, https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/collections/spice-n-easy/products/sunday-pot-roast that works well. So does the Barrier Reef Caribbean Mix, https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/collections/all-products/products/barrier-reef-caribbean-mix-seasoning.
Today, I’m using a combination of Sunday Pot Roast and Ancho Chili Powder https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/products/ancho-chile-powder. I want the potatoes to have a bit of zip, but I don’t want to fry my tonsils when I eat the potatoes. Per the package, on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the hottest, ancho chili powder is a 1.
Mix the potatoes, onions, garlic, and seasonings. Then, add just enough olive oil to coat the potatoes. Put it all in the slow cooker on low, and forget about it until it’s time to eat. Figure at least 3 hours to cook. Specific cooking time depends on how much you’re making and your slow cooker. Keep an eye on it, but don’t lift the lid. The point of a slow cooker is moisture stays in the pot rather than condensing on the ceiling.
I’ve made anti-werewolf potatoes many times, and every time I’ve made it, there have been no werewolves nearby.
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