The potato is a wonderful thing. It can be served in so many ways and be delicious. The day I needed to cook for Steemit Iron Chef I somehow ended up eating four different potato dishes without really planning on it. My husband brought me lunch with potatoes in it, I shared some potato wedges with my daughter as a snack, and then I made two potato dishes for dinner.

Let's Make Potato Roses!

Potato roses are a neat and decorative way to serve baked or fried potatoes. The process of making potato roses is fairly simple and is a great addition for dinner parties or to spruce up a boring plate.

The first step is to wash and peel some potatoes and slice them thin.

Take a moment to cut your finger open...because @marxrab has never cut potatoes without slicing open a finger....NEVER...pictures omitted but can be release upon request. :)

The next step to to take one slice and roll it up for the center of the rose. Then take slice after slice and wrap it around the center to form the petals of the rose. This can be a bit tricky. The potatoes are slippery. If you have toothpicks you can use those to keep things in place. I use a bit of foil to make a cup in my hand and to hold it.

Put your flowers in a muffin tin. The only one I could find was for mini cakes but it's pretty much the same thing.

Now you have a few options. You could cook them in the oven until the potatoes are golden brown. For this method pour butter over them and a little salt. Or you can make potato rose chips. Bake them in the oven for 15 minutes or until the tips of the rose petals turn brown. Baking helps the potato petals stick together. Remove from oven and let cool for a bit or they'll break. Deep fry them in oil until they look like potato chips.

Serve with Porterhouse Steak and baked mashed potatoes.

You can never have too many kinds of potatoes with dinner.

Potato Chip Roses

Forget to take a proof picture until my husband stole his pretty steak and the prettiest rose potatoes...