So I was making scalloped potatoes and using my son’s knives. Can you guess what happened next? Yes. You are right. I cut the finger. Really cut it. And I am quite the bleeder so I had to call in a Troop. Who was kind enough to be my hands. And I talked this very young fellow through making Mama’s Scalloped Potatoes.
As he was dealing with the garlic, I reached for the mandolin to cut the potatoes, I have never used a mandolin before. Surely I could do this one-handed. Wow, what a gadget! They are so sharp and make short work of the potatoes AND another finger on the other hand. Next time I am going to bring my own knives. By now I had both hands bandaged and needed more help.
Ava was paying close attention. I am not sure she would have been that useful. Third Son came home and helped the Troop. 
We rested the sliced potatoes in salty water with the whole garlic cloves and a few twigs of rosemary. 
To assemble the scalloped potatoes. Grease your dish, and wipe with a sliced piece of garlic. Layer thinly sliced potato, onion and cheese and pepper ending with potato and cheese. Half fill the dish with cream. 
Cook in a moderate oven for about two hours, slowly, until tender and tasty.
Ava wants a taste.
We had the Scalloped Potatoes with grilled lamb chops that had been lightly sprinkled with sea salt. Bowls of Mama Coleslaw. Now, my darlings, I am talking with limited fingers! Taking off the tips of your fingers is not a comfortable style. Ow. So I write again tomorrow.
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99 responses to “Scalloped Potatoes and Knives”
Didn’t that mandolin have the finger guard? How are you going to take more pictures if you are busy injuring yourself? Great taters there and the doggie has something on her mind.
Isn’t she a lovely canine, Miss T! This dog has such a sweet nature! c
My mom doesn’t like my knives and I don’t like hers. Mine are much sharper and bigger. Cute dog! Hope you’re all healed up soon.
Thought you might like the dog!! and Mack is the same he likes BIG sharp knives. I like them to be sharp but heavy. c
Sorry about your fingers! I did a similar thing to my finger and finger nail with a mandoline once. Really handy, but dangerous.
The potatoes look very tasty!
OW! I HATE it when I cut into fingernail!! Thanks JamieAnne c
Beautiful scalloped potatoes! Poor fingers! I’ll admit that my knives travel with me – most people think I’m crazy! But I like the right tools for the job – or MY tools for the job!
So I am not a nut. I was sure I was being a bit obsessive carrying about my knives. But they don’t like them in checked in luggage! c
Celi, those potatoes should be illegal. Because I am on the Geni diet, much like the Celi diet and Scalloped potatoes are to be no where in the vicinity or I won’t be responsible for anything I do or anything I eat. These look to.die.for. Seriously.
My kids love them. My Celi diet will resume when i get back to the farming!! c
P.S. I forgot to tell you how sorry I am that you are injured. Please take care and no more knives for a few days. Ok?
yeah right!!! I am making the steak and cheese pie today so maybe I should get a steel glove!! c
Hey, don’t they make steel mesh gloves for dexterity with hand tools when swimming with sharks? Seems like your bites are shark-worthy!
Those things are awful – they tried to force us to use them when cutting meat on the bandsaw, and we wound up with unusable chops. They take away all your fine motor skills.
Okay, I stand corrected, Marie. Hey, did you at least get a good chain mail costume and some nice stew meat out of the ordeal?! 🙂
You guys are so funny! ok no chain mail glove for me then! Not that I have a lot of dexterity to lose! c
I was with my mom last Sunday and she made Scalloped Potatoes.. and I absolutely loved them. Yours look equally delicious.. I just bet you enjoyed these
we are still eating them the next day, Kay.. great to see you.. c
i love your dog
He is a good dog too, My son really lucked out there! c
Get healed up soon!
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Working on it as we speak! c
Mandolins can be vicious things! Your dog is so adorable in those photos.
She is a special dog this one! c
The reason we don’t have a mandolin in our house is because I cut all my fingers off. Dangerous things. Hope you heal up quickly!
I am hoping you meant that you WOULD cut off all your fingers! Shall I fix your typo for you? c
lol opps.
YU-UM potato Dauphinoise. Drooling as I type.
Oh, and OUCH! I know what you mean about other peoples knives, they do say that a blunt knife is more dangerous than a sharp one. Mind you I’ve managed a few sliced fingers over the years, and it’s usually my own fault for being distracted 🙂
It is so tasty i am not eating it for lunch the next day! c
Two more things:
1: Horribly lazy person’s scalloped spuds: leftover french fries from the steakhouse nearby that hand-cuts real russets and fries them in their house-butchered-beef fat; throw ’em in a pan with cream and shredded cheese and butter, salt and pepper, and pray you don’t die before the last forkful because they’re a darn tasty cheat. I mean treat. I mean both.
2: If you really cut off your fingerprint, now’s the time to consider taking up that life as a criminal mastermind that you’ve been thinking about for so long, Celi . . . . 😉
That is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard .. I want them immediately!! c
Mandolines terrify me, the woman who spent 20 years cutting meat and fish for a living. Not the using-it part; no problems there – the taking-it-apart-and-cleaning-it! Unless it’s a big company-sized dish, I’ll use a knife…
Love your scalloped taters – almost too pretty to eat…
And Lovely Ava needs a bite!
I am with you honey I have placed the offending gadget firmly back in the cupboard and will not be acquiring one for myself.. c
Do you have a picture of the mandolin? Sounds from your post and the comments like I need to steer clear of them but I don’t know what they are.
OK Annie, I should take a shot of it and write WARNING! Across the front! c