‘Twas the Night of the Potato

‘Twas the day of The Potato Party, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even our mouse.

Potato peels were hung through the room with cheer, in hopes that our spud buds would soon be here.

Esther placed the letters onto the wall, but needed a chair despite being so tall.

Tom sliced our potatos ever so thin, all with his brand new Japanese mandoline.

Three crowns were made (by the queen herself) to fit on three victors with dishes top shelf.

Esther makes the party official by posting its name on the wall

Our potato friends boiled and broiled and cooked, some with family recipes while others, a book.

As the potatoes in pots began to bubble and steam, Beto poured potato vodka from a bottle that gleamed.

As soon as we finished up all the decor, there they were, our beautiful friends, right at our door!

Jan and Gabby, preparing their winning dish

Alexie takes a photo of Juan, who is preparing a Colombian dish with three different kinds of potatoes

Behind the scenes of Roberto's cocktails

And then two by two and four by four, our friends entered the house not knowing what was in store.

A crown! Bacon taters! a welcoming shot! the oven was full and the stove was hot.

Max and Dom preparing their dish after they lost electricity at their home with Phebe assisting at their side

Beto serves three different homemade cocktails made with potato vodka

Then finally, at last, we were all good to go, and out came the first soup, Ajiaco.

Potato leek soup was next on the docket, then perogies, gratin, and tteok-boki to top it.

One at a time each dish was well served, we filled up our bellies with what we deserved.

Last but not least, two desserts went around! Quebec candy, Haitian cake, we could eat them by the pound!

Potatoes are about to come out of the kitchen!

Then the moment of truth arrived just in time, out went voting cards to be filled line by line.

Three votes, three dishes that four spud buds did bring, with full smiles and hearts they were crowned queens and king!

2022 Potato Party Winners

Jan & Gabby’s Potato Leak soup (Most Tasty Overall)
Phebe’s Korean, Tteok-Boki Gnochi (Most Creative Potato Dish)
Ros’s Christmas Tree Potatoes (Most Beautiful Potatoes)

By then drinks were flowing, potato vodka galore! We can’t wait until next year to see what is in store!

We like your bums, we hope you had funs!

Esther & Tom

Potato Party Photos!

Details

Date: December 3rd, 2022
Time: 6:00PM EST
Location: Esther and Tom's Apartment (near Mont-Royal and Parc)

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What to Expect

In honor of the most versatile vegetable on earth, we’re having a Potato Party Potluck! on December 3rd, 2022 at our apartment!

When you come to this Potato Party Potluck!, you will bring potatoes, and you will eat potatoes… As fries, chips, mashed potatoes, and potatoes au gratin! And as baked potatoes, roasted potatoes, potato salad and pierogis. Oh, and lets not forget potato soup, potato puffs, potato latkes, four-cheese scalloped potatoes, hasselback potatoes, croquettes, potato donuts, gnocchi, and hashbrowns. We don’t shape discriminate: we love wedges, fingerlings, cubes, matchsticks, small, large, halved, and quartered! And we like different textures: smooth, hard, crunchy, and crispy!

Rules

The dish you bring must feature potatoes as the primary and most prominent ingredient.
Everyone must bring a unique potato dish. No duplicate dishes are permitted! (Sign up on the google form here to mark your spud preparation, first come first choice!)
Sweet potatoes may only be included in a dessert dish, or as an addition to a regular potato-based recipe (but see Rule #1).

There are no exceptions to these rules.

Additional Information

Need to bake your potato dish right before for maximum crispness? Need to sauté it? Come to our place early and we can prepare potatoes together! You can’t bring a potato dish? Bring potato vodka, we will have mixers!

We can’t wait to see you at our Potato Party Potluck! with potato dish in hand ready to eat and drink potatoes!