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It really is the golden ticket to that restaurant quality mash, and then it's just a ratio of how much butter and dairy you decide to put in.
On the other hand I don't mind the skin on, chunky mashed potatoes that have some texture.
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On the other hand I don't mind the skin on, chunky mashed potatoes that have some texture.
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Two things...
1. You should still peel your spuds, before or after you cook them, I prefer before.
2. There IS another level to mashed potatoes, and that involves the next step.
Using a Tamis (Tammy) / Drum Sieve.
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It really just depends upon what the final product or dish you wish to make. I don't mind chunky, skin pieces in my mashed potatoes. But if I want something silky and luxurious, that's absolutely probably the best tool to pass your potatoes though.
When it comes to mashed potatoes though I think the real deal is just the copious amounts of butter and cream you add in the appropriate ratios. I also throw in sprigs of Rosemary, cloves of garlic, maybe a shallot bulb when I boil my potatoes. Little splash of tarragon vinegar doesn't hurt either.
If I'm doing roasted garlic mashed potatoes, it's skin on everyday of the week, and I guess it's something with the flavor of the skin and that combination of their roasted garlic that just compliments each other.
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What sort of monster always peels their potatoes? Sometimes I save them just so I can make potato skins. When I'm making things with red potatoes there's pretty much always skin in the final product, though I get rid of anything that looks questionable and often thin out the amount, that said I'm not buying red potatoes if anything looks questionable.
If I'm making things like potato fondant or a baker/russet mash, potato pave ect, there's plenty of times I peel them. Just depends on what I want.
Hard to think what my best purchase ever would be. Probably something in the kitchen, since I use that shit every single day. Probably my 8 quart stainless steel pot. It's not fancy, but I've used the shit out of it for over 20 years. Almost every meal I make it has some purpose.
If I'm making things like potato fondant or a baker/russet mash, potato pave ect, there's plenty of times I peel them. Just depends on what I want.
Hard to think what my best purchase ever would be. Probably something in the kitchen, since I use that shit every single day. Probably my 8 quart stainless steel pot. It's not fancy, but I've used the shit out of it for over 20 years. Almost every meal I make it has some purpose.
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You peel them? Let me assure there is at least one more higher tier of mashed potatoes for you to discover then.
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I don't know about longevity of this specific monitor yet, but just the doublewide curved monitor in general. I used one for a week on a customer's site and bought one for my home office before I left. If not for space restrictions on my desk I would have gotten a bigger one. It's basically a double width screen so I replaced my dual monitor setup. But since it's all 1 screen with no edges, I can fit 3 windows across. It turns out there's lots of wasted space on the left and right of most windows. The thing I'm liking best is how it works with my virtual machines. Some of them require specific resolutions that cause scroll bars to appear. But this screen is big enough that's not a problem. I liked it enough that I didn't even try to get the company to pay for it.
Now I'm tempted to try out an MMO on it ....
Now I'm tempted to try out an MMO on it ....
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I have a curved widescreen monitor too and I love it. I didn't have dual monitors before so it was a massive upgrade for me being able to have multiple windows more or less full size on the screen at once. I don't play video games but it seems like it would be pretty cool for that.
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I had an ultrawide 34" for many years, the trick is to use it like 2 monitors, you have stuff on either side.
I have 2 regular widescreen monitors now, but a 21:9 ratio widescreen is amazing for media watching or multitasking, but there's some compromises vs 2 monitors.
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I was debating one of the super wide screen monitors but then I realized one use case. I do a LOT of Zoom/Teams meetings. The optimal position for my camera is right at eye height. Which also puts it dead in the center of the monitor height. With an ultra wide that would mean I'd need the camera inside the monitor. With my current set up (two wide monitors, side by side) it sits with it's aperture looking through the gap between them.
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I have mine on top of my right monitor, I just don't look at it, I look at the screen. I understand what you're saying I'm just not concerned about eye contact on these meetings.
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Have you considered placing the camera in a different room with a still photo of you in your sunday best right in front of it?
No but really, I have heard of a program that makes it look like your eyes are always looking at the monitor. If the appearance of your eye position is that important, maybe look into that. I honestly don't' use the camera so I have no first hand experience. I have a piece of plastic blocking my laptop camera.
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I have looked at some options, Up to and including pulling a "vTuber" angle and using a mapper to map my face and motions to a "realistic enough" looking avatar. But in my line of work body language and other things are important enough I like having real video rolling. Right now it's fine. 1" gap between monitors, camera on the monitor mount post peering between them. Going super-wide was only really a consideration for gaming for me.