#MEwx cool, rainy and cloudy with Crash Hot potatoes with salmon hash

Good morning Augusta

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

Today it's going to be cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

Tonight we'll have cloudy skies with a chance of showers in the evening, turning partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming west with

gusts up to 20 mph after midnight. 

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 49.1°F, the humidity is 82% and the Dew Point is 44.1°F.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 30.20, the Absolute pressure is 30.00 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Clouds to 1,700 ft / 518 m, mostly cloudy to 3,500 ft / 1,066 m and mostly cloudy to 4,200 ft / 1,280 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:21 AM Sunset is 4:23 PM, Moonrise is 1:50 PM, moonset is x:xx PM and the moon is in its first quarter. 

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta's airport are:

SPECI KAUG 051216Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM FEW017 BKN035 BKN042 09/07 A3026 RMK AO2 T00890072 PNO $

We didn't receive any rain  here over the past 24 hours.

Crashed hot potatoes with fish is always good when the weather is raw and cold.

CRASH HOT POTATOES and CRASH HOT POTATOES WITH SALMON HASH

Small yellow potatoes

Butter

Salt and pepper

If you're going to add in the salmon, you'll also need:

a pouch of salmon (or a can, whatever you have handy), sprinkle with any seasonings you prefer, and some more butter if you want.  I use a blend of onion/pepper/salt/garlic/lemon.  Dill would be tasty too.

To make the potatoes:

Boil potatoes in water until fork tender.  Drain.  Place potatoes on a baking sheet covered with foil.  Slightly crush each potato with a masher, fork, whatever to break them up slightly.  Put a pat of butter (or margarine) on each potato and season with salt and pepper. 

Bake at 475⁰ for about 12 minutes or until crispy. 

Options:  use olive oil instead of butter; top with grated cheese and/or sour cream.

To make the Salmon Hash:

Make potatoes as above.  After baking, scoop into a skillet, and break them up a little more with a spatula.  Add a pouch of salmon (or a can, whatever you have), sprinkle with any seasonings you prefer, and more butter if you want.  I use a blend of onion/pepper/salt/garlic/lemon.  Dill would be tasty, too.

Put skillet on low heat until it is all hot.  If you leave it in the skillet too long it will dry out.

Cooks Note: feel free to be flexible with this recipe – you can use any potatoes you have handy.  You can cut large ones into chunks and use that if you don't have any small ones.