3 time scalloped potatoes Recipes

red potatoes (key ingredient for this, as they are much moister than russets), each wrapped in foil and baked until done (400 degrees for about 1 hour, just until soft when gently squeezed). when done, remove from foil and let them set out to cool down enough to handle, or make them ahead of time and keep in refrigerator (once cooled) until ready to use., smoked ham, cubed into bite size pieces (ask the deli to slice a 3/4 slice of smoked ham if you don tsp have any ham leftovers to use - be sure to use smoked, not honey, ham), tb butter, tb flour, teapsoon garlic powder (don tsp use garlic salt since there s plenty of salt in the ham and butter - you can mince a couple fresh garlic cloves, if you prefer), crazy mixed-up salt (about 1 tsp), pepper (about 1/2 tsp), half-and-half (gives you a richer sauce than milk), grated gruyere cheese, grated velvetta cheese, some thin butter slivers for topping

potatoes-4 cups slice to about 1/8 in. thick, butter-4 heaping tbsp, flour-3 heaping tbsp, water -1 cup, saffron (note : some of the tulips are in bloom here,i use the yellow pollen from them--for saffron,is pollen,and sometime hard to find in the store,and when i do it is to high of a price .), salt and pepper 1/8 tsp, onion-1-finely chopped, green pepper-1-finely chopped, mushroom stems and pieces-1 (8 oz)can