The $18 Tool That Saved Grandma Laura’s Garfish Patties
I tried making Grandma’s garfish patties with a fork once.
Never. Again. Lumpy potatoes don’t bind. Lumpy potatoes crumble in hot oil. Lumpy potatoes make Pawpaw say “shoulda used the ricer.”
Grandma Laura used a potato ricer since 1930. Same one. She made garfish patties and potato salad with it.
**What Is a Potato Ricer?**
It’s not a juicer. It’s not a masher. It’s a press that pushes cooked potatoes through tiny holes. Like a giant garlic press.
Result: fluffy, lump-free potatoes. No glue. No gum.
**3 Reasons Cajun Nanas Need a Ricer:**
**1. Garfish Patties Don’t Fall Apart** Recipe calls for 2 boiled potatoes. Mash with fork = glue + lumps. Patties split in skillet. Oil pops. Dog runs. Rice the potatoes = light, fluffy binder. Patties stay together. Dog stays. Pawpaw’s quiet.
**2. Gumbo Potato Salad Isn’t Gummy** South Louisiana potato salad goes IN the gumbo. Gummy potatoes = gummy gumbo. Ricer = fluffy potatoes that soak up broth. Grandma’s rule.
**3. Nana Tested 3 Ricers. This One Wins:** [Priority Chef Potato Ricer]
**Why this one:** - **Stainless steel** – No rust like Mama’s old aluminum one - **3 discs** – Fine, medium, coarse. Fine for patties. Coarse for salad. - **Comfort grips** – Mama had arthritis. This one don’t hurt. - **Dishwasher safe** – Grandma would’ve loved that. She hated washing by hand. **Price check:** $18.99. A box of instant potatoes is $3 and tastes like cardboard. This makes REAL potatoes taste like Mama’s.
**Don’t buy if:** You enjoy lumpy fish cakes and Pawpaw saying “I told you so.”
**Nana’s Promise:** Use this for Grandma’s garfish patties. If they fall apart, I’ll send you my recipe for humble pie.
[Get Grandma Laura’s ricer here ]
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