The Eat Mesa

(By Tren on the MSPA forums)

Ingredients
5 pounds Yukon gold or russet potatoes
1 1/2 sticks softened butter, plus more for baking
12 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup cream
Salt and pepper
Milk (If needed)
Roast drippings
1-2 tablespoons of flour
One of the following: Water/milk/stock/cream


Directions

For the potatoes:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Peel the potatoes and rinse them in cold water. Chop the potatoes in fourths. Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

Drain the potatoes, and then return them to the pan. With the burner on low heat, mash the potatoes with a potato masher; the more steam that’s released while you mash, the better. Mash for about 5 minutes. Turn off the burner.

Add the butter, cream cheese, half-and-half, and seasonings. Stir to combine, and if the mixture needs thinning, add milk. Check the seasonings, adding salt and pepper, to taste.

Pour the mashed potatoes into a large casserole pan. Dot the surface with butter. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking for 10 more minutes.

For the gravy:
First, you need roast drippings.
Remove a roast of some kind from the pan. Place pan on stove on medium high heat. Pour off all but 2 Tbsp of the drippings in the pan.

Into the 2 tablespoons of drippings in the pan stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour. Stir with a wire whisk until the flour has thickened and the gravy is smooth. Continue to cook slowly to brown the flour, and stir constantly.

Slowly add back some of the previously removed drippings (remove some of the fat beforehand if there is a lot of fat). In addition, add either water, milk, stock, or cream to the gravy, enough to make 2 cups. Add a couple drops of purple food coloring and stir. Season the gravy with mOtHeRfUcKiNg MiRaClEs, BrO.

Pour gravy on your potatoes when you eat them, or
JUST USE THEM TO PAINT YOUR MOTHERFUCKING MIRACLES. HONK. :o)

(Mashed potatoes totally stolen from here, and gravy totally stolen from here.)

grownupgardengnostic:

i think ill call it the nakodile cocktail because of the color!

you take two parts pomegranate juice and mix with one part tonic water

then you mix it up with the juice of half a lemon

serve that on the rocks in a wine glass of sorts with some peppermint leaves or a couple drops of peppermint extract— just a couple cause this stuffs strong! :o

garnish with a bit of peppermint leaves and a slice of lemon and you have one of my favorite non alcoholic treats! ^w^

(By PaladinFoster)

Ingredients
-Cherry soda(I used Cheerwine, but the stuff is only available in the Carolinas and Virginia. Cherry Faygo gets you bonus points.)
-Orage soda.
-Ginger ale.
-Red food coloring.

Directions
In a tall glass, mix 8 ounces of cherry soda, 2 ounces orange soda, and 2 ounces ginger ale. Add red coloring if it doesn’t seem red enough. I only needed one drop, but different brands of soda have different mixes of dyes.

Serve cold with ice and a straw, if desired.

(By Hydrothermal on the MSPA forums)

Ingredients
2-3 slices of cheese (I use American)
2 slices of some kind of bread
Butter

Directions
1. Butter one side of each slice of bread
2. Put your cheese between the non-buttered sides
3. Drop that shit in a frying pan and put it on a burner
4. Use a spatula to periodically flip the sandwich
5. Cook until the cheese is melted and the bread is crispy

((Notes: If you are using a non-stick pan, use a rubber spatula. Otherwise, it will scrape the magic non-stick stuff off. Also, gas burners work best. I have been told that these are delicious, but only 2 people besides myself have even tried them. :I ))

Rainbows and Sunshine
(By RisingManes)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 Lemonade
• 1/8 Fruit Punch
• 1/8 Grape Juice

Directions:

You Simply Pour The Flavored Juices Into A Cup And Stir If Desired
Kiwi-Strawberry Snapple And Melon Juice May Be Blended In
But I Hold No Guarantees

Mix to taste.

Grimdark Cocoa
(By CrazeeCupcake on Deviantart)

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• Sweetener of your choice, to your taste (start with 1 tbsp)
• 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
• Dash of salt
• 2 oz. chocolate, chopped
• 1/3 - 2/3 cup of boiling water, boiling coconut milk, OR hot milk/cream.
• Whipped cream

Instructions:

1. In a small pan OR in a microwave, heat the water/coconut milk/cream. Do NOT boil the cream. It turns into some gooey Eldritch abomination when you do.
2. Mix together the dry ingredients. Do powders first, and add the chocolate last. (Use a hand sifter if you have one available, or a fork if you don’t)
3. Add enough of your hot water/coconut milk/cream to cover the mixture. Wait for a minute or two, then stir.
4. Add more hot water/coconut milk/cream, but not all of it. Stir.
5. Add the rest of the liquid. Stir, topped with whipped cream if desired, and enjoy!