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Food Fun and Facts Recipe for French Mashed Potatoes

French Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients:
6 medium potatoes
3/4 cup milk
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons chopped onion

Boil potatoes..Drain. Place in bowl and mash. Add the milk, butter, baking powder and seasonings. Beat with egg beater till fluffy. Add the onion and mix. Super Comfort Food!
Recipe by Marge Scudder




Potato, Turkey and Vegetable Casserole recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 3/4 pound extra lean ground turkey breast or 90% lean ground beef
  • 1/2 teaspoon each dried thyme leaves, garlic powder, ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1 can (15 ounces) READ German Potato Salad
  • 1/2 cup light sour cream
  • 2 cups frozen or canned mixed vegetables (thaw if frozen; drain if canned)
  • 1/2 cup bread crumbs

Preparation

  1. Heat oven to 350?F. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add turkey and seasonings. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, until cooked through, stirring occasionally and breaking turkey into large crumbles. (Cook ground beef until no pink remains.)
  2. Stir in potato salad and sour cream. Add vegetables; stir to combine. Spoon into 2-quart casserole dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
  3. Toss together bread crumbs and remaining 1 teaspoon oil. Sprinkle over casserole. Bake 30 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.

Serves
Makes 6 servings

Preparation Time:
20 minutes

Cooking Time:
30 minutes

SOURCE:
READ (Seneca Foods Corporation)





Gardening With Charlie - What's Eating My Potatoes?

Potatoes are a fun crop to grow, especially when it comes time to dig for those buried treasures. Unfortunately, there are numerous pests that are also fond of potatoes. Here are the most common and what to do about them.

Colorado Potato Beetle
In spite of the name, these insects can be found in most states. Both the adults, which are yellowish with black stripes, and the larvae, which are dark red or orange with black spots, feed on potato foliage. Check the undersides of leaves for their orange egg masses and rub them off. Dispose of beetles in a can of soapy water. Bacillus thuringiensis 'San Diego' kills the young larvae and it's harmless to beneficial insects, animals, and humans.

Flea Beetle
Flea beetles are tiny, black or brown, and pesky. They chew small holes in plant leaves and can do serious damage fast if they attack young plants. To foil these pests, cover young plants with fabric row covers as soon as you set them out. Keep flea beetle populations low through crop rotation and by maintaining high soil organic matter.

Aphid
These tiny insects can transmit virus diseases. They suck juices from the leaves and stems of potato plants, stunting their growth. Insecticidal soap sprays are an effective control.

Wireworm
Wireworms are the larvae of the click beetle. They're a problem when potatoes are planted in a section of garden that was recently in sod. Fully-grown wireworms are 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long, slender, and brownish or yellowish white. They tunnel into plant roots and tubers, spoiling them. If your soil is heavily infested, contact your Extension Service for advice on solving the problem.For more tips and garden information visit www.garden.org.







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Diseases of Potatoes
You may have a disease problem in the potato patch one year and none at all the next. The weather plays a big part in the health of a potato crop. Moisture and temperature conditions may trigger certain diseases, which will spread rapidly through the potato rows. But there's no need to simply sit back and let the weather determine the fate of your crop.

To protect your crop, rotate the potato plot each year. Plant healthy, certified seed potatoes. If you have severe disease problems, consider using a standard potato dust or spray regularly throughout the season. These are chemical mixtures that prevent some diseases such as late blight. They thwart some pests, too, such as the Colorado potato beetle. If you use a potato dust or spray, read and follow the directions carefully. To be effective, most standard dusts must be applied to the potato foliage every 7 to 10 days, beginning when the plants emerge from the ground.

The fungus that causes common scab lives in the soil for many years. It's not active when the soil pH is below 5.4, so if you have a serious scab problem, take a soil pH test. You may want to lower the pH by adding wood ashes to the potato bed. Avoid lime, which raises the pH.

For more tips and garden information visit www.garden.org.

A former floral designer and interior plantscaper, Kathy Bond-Borie has spent 20 years as a garden writer/editor, including her current role as Horticultural Editor for the National Gardening Association. She loves designing with plants, and spends more time playing in the garden - planting and trying new combinations - than sitting and appreciating it.
SOURCE:
National Gardening Association



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