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This month - the Many Faces of Potatoes campaign is offering a £50 Love2Shop voucher to MNers offering a tip or spin on the November recipes - see this link for recipes and info

This thread is for the 15 MNers who are trying out potato recipes for the "Many Faces of Potatoes campaign" over the next few months. Each month they will be sent a new family favourite recipe which can be prepped and on the plate in under 30 minutes. The MNers will add their feedback to this thread.

Below are some questions for the Councillor's to answer each month - please feel free to add additional comments.

If you're not a tester but have any queries feel free to ask and maybe a Councillor will answer, or if not one of the MNet campaign team will.

Please state recipe name (if possible add a link from the above website):

~ How long did it take you to cook the recipe?
~ Did you and your family enjoy the recipe?
~ Will you be cooking it again?
~ Any other general comments about the recipe?

Two more general questions -
~ Since taking part in this activity have you found anything surprising about potatoes that you were unaware of before?
~ Any other general comments about potatoes?

Thanks
MNHQ

Rightyo then i am assuming we are posting here and not on a dedicated feedback thingy... i had the cottage pie - always thought this was topped with cheese anyway......

Ease of cooking - fairly easy to follow the instruction nothing too complicated,
it took about 25 mins to do the prep and simmering included up to whacking it under the grill. I did all this then left it on the worktop while i did the school run then i heated it in the micro to get it boiling hot again then did the grilling bit so it looked pretty and it did though the ratio of mince to the mash seemed a bit lop sided eg too much of the mincey stuff.

My 9 yr old out and out refused it onthe grounds she doesnt like mash - after some mild persuasion and the promise of a cheese toastie she tried the mash and spat it out then had some of the filling which she said was bareable but not impressed in the carrots but loved the tomato mix in with it. DS who is 5 said it tasted like paper ???? and ate a fair helping of it but still said he thought it was yacky and also asked for a cheese toastie - just to clairfy i dont normally give into refusal of foods but knowing they are mash haters from the outset i thought it was unfair not to feed hungry children. Dh liked it he said it was "alright" and i thought it was ok too though the potato wasnt as creamy as i normally like as id normally use butter in with the mashing process as well. Unfortunatly i wont be cooking it again until the children have left home because im not into making seperate meals for seperate people. The leftovers were not eaten though i have left them out for the moment to see if dh was impressed enough to take it for his lunch to work tomorrow.

Also i normally drain fat off mince when i cook it so dint with this one and i have that fatty after taste left in my mouth. I am not aware of anything else new about potatoes since i have started this activity other than i much prefer frozen pre made mash to my home made efforts

noyouhavehadaweeintheeggnog - sorry no we are posting feedback on a new thread which I am starting this week.....will email you the link and maybe you could copy and paste over your feedback? Thanks, this one is getting a bit cluttered

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