Potato for a crowd ideas

[flowerseverywhere]

Looking for suggestions for,a potato recipe to feed a crowd I can put in a crockpot. I could do scalloped potatoes, or even baked mashed. Any suggestions? Need to feed about 20

[Tiam]

The nice thing about potlucks is you don't really have to make enough for everyone. There's always someone who doesn't like or want different things.

[Yarrow]

If there is gravy involved in this meal then mashed potatoes would be the one to make and then keep warm in the crockpot, in my opinion...

[Tussiemussies]

Think that mostly everyone loves mashed potatoes!

[flowerseverywhere]

Actually, there are 50 people. The person involved assigned entrees, salads etc. I got potatoes and she suggested to serve about 20. There are about 30 dishes assigned as many are bringing spouses. I give the organizer a lot of credit. She has gone through a lot of work and the variety should be awesome.

[razz]

I tried a potato dish that started with garlic mashed potatoes and then some dillweed sprinkled on top and grated cheese. It was amazing as I had never imagined dillweed with potatoes.
The recipe below suggests chives as an alternative with some parsley.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/garlic-potatoes/

Some recipes suggest using frozen shredded potatoes and adding an egg-milk mixture before baking. Some also suggest sprinkling some diced and cooked bacon throughout after mashing the cooked potatoes.

Do you require a vegetarian starch recipe? Just a thought to consider.

[iris lilies]

I agree with razz, a garlic mash potato dish with springs of something green, and dill sounds great!

[profnot]

I love scalloped potatoes with good quality cheddar cheese.

Lots of middle-aged and up people have problems digesting garlic. I avoid garlic when cooking for others. If you love it, you could put a small bowl of roasted garlic for those who wish to add it.

[creaker]

I like colcannon - there's actually a lot of variations, I like using kale.

[IshbelRobertson]

Or, the Scots' version of colcannon, called rumbledethumps!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/rumbledethumps_87486

[catherine]

Ya gotta love Pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/chrisnair/crockpot-potato-recipes/

[Dhiana]

Why not just keep it simple and make 20 foil wrapped baked potatoes. Provide a few side containers of sour cream, shredded cheese, salsa, butter, salt & peppers like a baked potato bar.

The more ingredients you add to a dish, the less appetizing it usually is sitting at a potluck. No matter how delicious it may be, too much of a question as to what is really in that mystery dish of goo.

[dado potato]

I like IshbelRobertson's suggestion of rumbledethumps, being somewhat of a potato myself. The BBC recipe refers to Swedes (or turnips) which in US grocers usually go by the name Rutabaga. BTW rutabagas are usually sold coated with parafin... which I would peel off.

[flowerseverywhere]

Just wanted to report that For this holiday party (I posted this thread in November 13) I ended up making garlic mashed potatoes. I added cream cheese, butter, roasted garlic and sour cream to seven lbs of potatoes. I used a crockpot liner so cleanup was easy. It was a huge hit. The wierd thing was several people bought cold food like lasagna with no attempt to heat it up. Like out of the fridge cold.

[razz]

Glad that worked out well for you.

[Gardenarian]

That rumbledethumps sounds good! I make colcannon quite a bit (and our little wild green onions are out now - just right) but have never tried it with turnips. Yum!