What Are Your Top Ways to Eat Potatoes?

I grew up on a small farm, my family grew a lot of vegetables and sold them on farmers markets. So our potatoes will always be my number one choice! Especially mashed directly on the plate, with cold milk and cold butter which would melt so perfectly while you’re mashing. That was the only thing I ate at the ripe old age of 7, usually topped with a fried egg.
(Typing this reminds me not to worry too much about my son’s eating habits, I was a weird eater too)

Does anyone listen to the Dish podcast?? I sporadically tune in, but one of my fav parts is their rapid fire quiz at the end that includes questions about potatoes and crisps (because it’s British) and it’s often got me pondering my own favs.

Here’s their list, as a few extra first date questions:
Favorite sandwich filling?
Favorite way to have potatoes?
Best thing to put on toast?
Favorite herb?
Fav type of pasta?
Fav kitchen utensil?
Fav crisp?
Fav chocolate bar?
Fav Sunday roast? (like I said, very British!)

Great recent episodes are Emilia Clarke, Jodie Whittaker and Nicola Coughlan :)

This is such a great icebreaker question!
1) Ruffles with Dean’s or Daisy French onion dip. Not homemade, totally from the bag and container. My Michigander mother-in-law always has this in her house for cocktail hour.
2) Crispy roasted/pan fried potatoes in potato and egg tacos. Good by themselves as a breakfast side, sublime in tacos.
3)Moules-frites is both a favorite way to eat potatoes and my favorite way to eat mussels. The fries need to be somewhat thick (but not too thick) and quite crisp so that they can hold up to getting a little doused in white wine sauce.

This is truly a monumental task.

-My 92-year-old Nana’s potato salad (mustardy and so perfect alongside BBQ or a grilled hot dog)

-Super hot mashed potatoes with lots of butter, cream, cream cheese, sour cream, salt and black pepper

-A very, very fresh box of McDonald’s fries with a heavy salt sprinkle

-Honorable mention: Hashbrown casserole with cheese, some sort of condensed soup and ham

Mashed, with a big puddle of butter on top. Sure I love them All The Ways. But traditionally mashed are my fav. A rarety because who has time or energy to mash potatoes ? We do eat a lot of potatoes just cut up, olive oil, roasted in oven. With curry powder sometimes. They’re good, but old fashioned mashed is best. I’m now remembering Thrashers Fries from Rehoboth Beach boardwalk. Or any fresh cut fries. Finks Fries from Roots Market Manheim PA.
Guess that’s my list. Mashed or fresh cut fries. :)

Long, skinny, crisp french fries with oysters and a glass of cold white wine. When I take myself on a date, this is what I order. Some variations include a perfect vinegary green salad and a cocktail in a coupe instead of the wine. But always the french fries.

only 3? haha.

ALL OF THE WAYS, ALL OF THEM, FOREVER.

In this order:

Potato salad that is well-chilled,with a bit of pepper added,and only made by my family (otherwise I’d be stopping at a lovely local deli, if not making a batch for myself every day. Yes, every day).

Mashed potatoes, again only that made by my family so I don’t overdo it (potatoes are far and away my favorite vegetable, and I don’t have much willpower).

Potato chips, but only in my dreams (see above).

Now, what shall I have for lunch?!?

Sure, I’d ask this on a date. I don’t eat chips (acid reflux) but my favorite is sweet potato fries I peel and handcut, olive oil, salt and pepper, and pop into the oven for about 10 minutes, with some ketchup.