Idaho Potatoes

I was recently in Idaho. We stayed in a cabin in the mountains. I was with 3 other guys and one lady. We were having guests come join us for dinner one night, about 12 guests. We thought it would be a great idea to grill some steak. Yummy. Let's go to the store. (side note) On arrival at the store a young lady ran out of gas in the parking lot and I helped to push the car to the gas station, not realizing it was a half mile away, at 3000 ft above sea level...wow was I not prepared for that! (end of side note) We bought steak, lots of it. The one female with us asked what else we would be serving. That sort of question always perplexes men on a grilling mission. Should not the steak be enough? But ok, we will get some frozen veggies in a bag to put in the microwave and some other stuff.  When we reached the cabin we reviewed the bounty. Lots of steak. Some veggies in a bag. Tater-tots. (sound of record scratching inserted here) Tater-tots? Frozen pieces of potato stuck together and cooked in oil. In Idaho....the state known for potatoes. Just for the record it was not my idea. In fact, I had no such knowledge of the faux potato purchase. So we were about to serve tater-tots to Idaho people. Nice. Nothing a return trip to the grocery store (one hour and 15 minutes away) didn't fix. Real Idaho baking potatoes plus some salad greens and a couple portabella mushrooms to grill for the person who was a vegetarian. Good meal, good friends, great time! By the way, I learned that the name Oreida, the brand of tater-tots we bought, comes from the area where the potatoes are grown, on the border of Oregon and Idaho, thus combining the names of two states into a well known company brand.