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Some recipes call for stiff mashed potatoes, e.g. to help well formed shapes as in this recipe:http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/crunch-swiss-and-ham-appetizersShould I just boil the potatoes, mash way too much, and add no butter nor milk?

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How to make stiff mashed potatoes?


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I am working on a scratch chicken, vegetable orzo soup. I'm not following any particular recipe, just shooting from the hip. I usually come up with a good meal but the problem I always run into though is with gauging how much pasta (or barley or rice) to add to a soup and keep it at all balanced. Protein and veggies are easy since those ingredients usually do not change in size during cooking but whenever I use a starch that changes in volume while cooking I end up with a soup that is either starch heavy (too much grain or pasta) or starch light (too much veggie and protein in relation to the starch.)So my basic question is: I have a half cup of dry orzo sitting at the ready. How many cups will that half cup turn into after cooking in soup stock? I am using orzo right now but would also be interested in seeing similar information for other types of pasta and any soup-suitable grains. Any rules of thumb or ideas for different approaches would be appreciated as well.Thanks!

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How to gauge orzo's change in volume from dry to cooked for a soup?


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I am making a recipe today that is basically fried mashed potato bites:Take cold mashed potatoes and mix in a whole egg.Form a little ball of potato around a little cube of cheese.Coat in an egg wash and bread crumbs to make a crust.Pan-fry the mashed potato ball until crispy.Bake for a few minutes to finish.However there is an issue that I did not consider until just now, a few hours before dinner: a guest is allergic to egg yolks. If it were just one egg per four cups of potatoes to help bind them or a little egg wash he might be okay, but the recipe as written has too many yolks. Based on experience, this will cause an allergic reaction.What can I do to get the same binding effect in the recipe with fewer or no egg yolks?Is there something I can substitute? So far my Google-fu brings up many alternatives... for brushing on top of bread, not breading and frying.Could I dilute the egg yolks and still have enough of an effect? For example, if I make a double portion and use one full egg plus the white from a second egg for both mixing in as well as the egg wash. That would likely be dilute enough not to trigger an allergic reaction, but would there be enough yolk to get the job done?There are no other dietary restrictions relevant to this question.The recipe: Loaded Cheese-Stuffed Mashed Potato BallsFour cups of cold mashed potatoes mixed with another cup of toppings and one egg, and another egg used as an egg wash.

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Egg wash with no yolks or reduced yolks


