Tater Tots are not low-carb

billydee wrote:
It's a dessert topping, it's a floor wax! Why not just eat the damn
cauliflower and not try to turn it into some Frankenstein version of
tator tots!

This may come as a big surprise to someone with your chronic
craniorectal condition, but there are people all over the world who
like to combine foods in interesting ways. There exist millions of
instructions for this process, called "recipes."


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"jamie" wrote

This may come as a big surprise to someone with your chronic
craniorectal condition,

That's an interesting way of putting it LOL!!!
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"jamie" wrote

This may come as a big surprise to someone with your chronic
craniorectal condition,

That's an interesting way of putting it LOL!!!
--
ClabberHead 4.01
aka
Iron Chef Atkins
248.5/193.0/185.0 Low-Carb since 5/1/03
Al-Team #"e" to 27 decimal places (2.71828182845904523536028747...)
"Think about how stupid the average person is, then remember half of them
are stupider than that!" - George Carlin

"billydee" wrote in message
It's a dessert topping, it's a floor wax! Why not just eat the damn
cauliflower and not try to turn it into some Frankenstein version of
tator tots!

I think Clabberhead deserves some kind of government funding for the work
he's doing!

S t a c i

"S t a c i" wrote in message
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"billydee" wrote in message
It's a dessert topping, it's a floor wax! Why not just eat the damn
cauliflower and not try to turn it into some Frankenstein version of
tator tots!

I think Clabberhead deserves some kind of government funding for the work
he's doing!

S t a c i


I'll have to get that book from the guy in the Question Mark suit and see if
there's a government program to get $50,000 to turn cauliflower into tater
tots!

As soon as I get my recipe perfected, I'll post it here
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ClabberHead 4.01
aka
Iron Chef Atkins
248.5/193.0/185.0 Low-Carb since 5/1/03
Al-Team #"e" to 27 decimal places (2.71828182845904523536028747...)
"Think about how stupid the average person is, then remember half of them
are stupider than that!" - George Carlin

(jamie) wrote in message ...
billydee wrote:
It's a dessert topping, it's a floor wax! Why not just eat the damn
cauliflower and not try to turn it into some Frankenstein version of
tator tots!

This may come as a big surprise to someone with your chronic
craniorectal condition, but there are people all over the world who
like to combine foods in interesting ways. There exist millions of
instructions for this process, called "recipes."


168/125/125+ 7 years: LC since 2/18/97 maintaining since 3/17/99

Interesting ways are fine. This just seems retarded.

(jamie) wrote in message ...
billydee wrote:
It's a dessert topping, it's a floor wax! Why not just eat the damn
cauliflower and not try to turn it into some Frankenstein version of
tator tots!

This may come as a big surprise to someone with your chronic
craniorectal condition, but there are people all over the world who
like to combine foods in interesting ways. There exist millions of
instructions for this process, called "recipes."


168/125/125+ 7 years: LC since 2/18/97 maintaining since 3/17/99

Interesting ways are fine. This just seems retarded.

(billydee) wrote:

(jamie) wrote in message ...
billydee wrote:
It's a dessert topping, it's a floor wax! Why not just eat the damn
cauliflower and not try to turn it into some Frankenstein version of
tator tots!

This may come as a big surprise to someone with your chronic
craniorectal condition, but there are people all over the world who
like to combine foods in interesting ways. There exist millions of
instructions for this process, called "recipes."


168/125/125+ 7 years: LC since 2/18/97 maintaining since 3/17/99

Interesting ways are fine. This just seems retarded.

I'll bet the original tater tots seemed "retarded" to unimaginative
minds like yours, too. Thankfully the world is blessed with creative
types such as Clabberhead who open our minds to the endless
possibilities that provide welcome variety to our tastebuds.

I've never been keen on tater tots, personally, and I'm one of those
people who'd rather have pure, unadulterated cauliflower because I
love the taste of it, but I don't expect others to conform to my
preferences. If the world relied on opinions like yours, there would
never be any progress. Lucky for us, it doesn't. :P

ClabberHead 4.01 wrote:

I've been working on making a tater tot substitute using cauliflower.

Fauxtatoes are low carb, so why not use them to make Fauxtater tots.

Here's what I've got so far that's working pretty well. I'm taking 1
lb of frozen cauliflower and steaming it, then putting it in a food
processor, and grinding it up just enough to have small pieces. This gives
the "tater tots" just the right texture. I add seasoning. I then stir in 2
eggs to help bind it together, and putting spoonfuls in an ice cube tray and
freezing them. I figured if they're frozen, they should hold together
better when deep frying. This works pretty good, but even if I fry then
till they are almost black, it's still a little too mushy and soft for a
tater tot. They taste very good though. I just need to also work on a good
seasoning blend, but that's not anything anyone else can help me with. It's
just something I have to taste for myself until I get it just right.

Perhaps not to steam the cauliflower, just thaw it, or even use fresh.

Check. The spuds in tater tots aren't cooked until they go in the oil,
so don't steam the cauliflower before it goes in the oil.

"sh0rtcircuit (Deb)" wrote


I'll bet the original tater tots seemed "retarded" to unimaginative
minds like yours, too. Thankfully the world is blessed with creative
types such as Clabberhead who open our minds to the endless
possibilities that provide welcome variety to our tastebuds.

*sniff* Thanks!


I've never been keen on tater tots, personally, and I'm one of those
people who'd rather have pure, unadulterated cauliflower because I
love the taste of it, but I don't expect others to conform to my
preferences. If the world relied on opinions like yours, there would
never be any progress. Lucky for us, it doesn't. :P

I guess that guy eats only one ingredient at a time, never combining them?
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ClabberHead 4.01
aka
Iron Chef Atkins
248.5/193.0/185.0 Low-Carb since 5/1/03
Al-Team #"e" to 27 decimal places (2.71828182845904523536028747...)
"Think about how stupid the average person is, then remember half of them
are stupider than that!" - George Carlin