Apr 102012
 

Scalloped Hasselback Potatoes Recipe

Scalloped Hasselback Potatoes

Most people only associate Maine with lobsters (and occasionally blueberries and whoopie pies), but Maine is one of the top ten states in terms of growing potatoes.  Idaho gets all the name recognition, but let me tell you as someone who grew up in Maine and worked every potato harvest until I left for college: Maine potatoes kick some serious butt.

As you can probably imagine, when a food item is so widely available and tied into the economy, you eat a whole lot of them.  I was pretty sure I’d had potatoes served in every way imaginable.  Baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, french fries, crash potatoes, potato cakes, tater tots, hash browns: seriously, this could turn into the Bubba Gump moment of the potato world.

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Aug 312011
 

My husband is a big fan of any food that previously oinked.  Bacon, pork chops, pork medallions, pulled pork – you name it, he loves it.  After we first started dating I looked for a pork recipe that would be a little new to him and while watching a cooking show I came across Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops.

For a side I went to The Pioneer Woman (if you don’t know her, you’ll want to; her blog and books are great and she’s about to have her own show on the Food Network) for inspiration – and found it in her Crash Hot Potatoes.  He loved both; the chops come out every now and then for a treat and the potatoes are requested by the whole family on a weekly basis.

Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

Pork Chop Recipes: Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

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