Mashed Potatoes

[1stpitch]

Love 'em. The ultimate comfort food. Lightly mashed and lumpy; don't dare whip them. Just butter and milk or topped with gravy, either way, doesn't matter. Bacon and cheese if you got it.

 

[dougstrum]

Baked or fried with onions!

 

[andy__d]

Mashed potatoes are a perfect accompaniment to so many meals. Personally, I like ‘em lumpy with only a little butter, rather than creamed. But, spuds ‘ain’t particularly good, as others have noted. If you want to cut down on the starch carbs, substituting some of the potato with mashed carrot can lighten it up nicely, and adds some more flavor. Sweet potato mash is Good, but the Consistency and taste aren’t a direct substitute for potatoes in all meals. I’m a big fan of mashed Swede / rutabaga- it goes great with gravy, it doesn’t quite have the “fluffiness” of a good mashed potato, but, if you want a good bangers and mash, without the starchy carbs, it’s not a bad substitute. Oh, and considering the time of year, substituting some mashed potato with cabbage to make colcannon is pretty danged delicious with gravy too!

 

[fjblair]

Mashed potatoes are one of my all time favorite comfort foods, but no fancy stuff, just salt pepper butter and milk.

 

[Frisco 57]

Fast forward to the other end of the day and after reading all these mashed potato comments...

Mrs. Frisco had taken out some burger for dinner asked what I wanted to eat, so springing into action, I whipped up hamburger gravy & mashed potatoes with a green salad of coarse.

 

[String Tree]

I like Solid Potato Salad.
YEP!!!

 

[Johnny Dubs]

I mentioned it in my post.

My apologies. It’s just that gravy is important.

 

[Johnny Dubs]

Practice what you preach, right?

This is the best I can do on the Sunset Strip tonight.