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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Tater Tots” is a brandname for a line of US “food products” consisting of chopped potatoes that are formed into small cylinders and baked till crispy. I often suspect that products like this are made of the salvageable bits of otherwise spoiled vegetables – maybe just the tops of the potato? (Can you tell which end is up with a potato?) I’m not quite sure that everyone who uses this is thinking that way, so I’m gonna stick it down here in “Slips, etc.” I love the second example – downhome American cooking at its very best. But the third example shows that even tater tops can be frou-frou.
So are “extra crispy” versions of H.J. Heinz Company’s Fast Fried and Tater Tops, all of which are formulated to guarantee crispness on the outside and tenderness on the inside.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-113233131.html
Let’s begin by browning one pound of hamburger meat, draining it and placing it in the bottom of a 9×13 casserole dish. [...] In a separate bowl, combine a can of cream of mushroom soup with a can of celery soup and a cup of milk. Pour the mixture over the meat and layer a 32 ounce bag of thawed tater tops across the top. That’s it, friends.
http://www.bayou.com/~tomtom/V2Issue88.html
Make a vegetarian happy with a mixed mushroom sauté, or maybe some flavorful wilted greens on the tater tops, or even applesauce.
http://www.azstarnet.com/food/173341.php
Potato chips and blue cheese dip – Tater tops
http://www.stomp.com.sg/stfoodiesclub/p … chips.html
Last edited by patschwieterman (2007-06-18 00:27:45)
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I really like this one too, and I wouldn’t analyse it as “the top of a potato” but as “tops [whatever they are] made from potatoes”.
Chris
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I’ve wondered whether people might be thinking of the small spinning toy called a “top.” You can certainly spin a tater tot, but it’s best to do so before rather than after you put ketchup or mustard on it.
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