Comments on: Mashed potato for dinner tonight

By: Harvest festival at All that comes with it

Harvest festival at All that comes with it — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:14:45 +0000

[...] I did manage to harvest a reasonable crop of potatoes and strawberries, and today it has been the turn of the apples and the tomatoes. Unfortunately due [...]

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:45:10 +0000

Oh yeah they look damn nice. Great work! I’m jealous I want to grow me own taters!

By: L.A. Daddy

L.A. Daddy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:15:55 +0000

Sorry you’ve had so much rain. We could use some it, actually. It hasn’t rained here since 2004.

But the taters look yummy! Being an old Irishman, it’s still a massive fave, ya know.

Mmm. I think I’ll make mashed potatoes tonight!

By: Morticia

Morticia — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:48:35 +0000

I used to lodge with some chums who were often too skint to buy decent food (but interestingly never too skint to buy alcohol, even if it was extremley cheap and nasty cider) and one of their ‘gourmet treats’ whilst waiting for payday was ‘mashed potato soup’.
You will never see this being given a posh makeover and placed onto restaurent menus across the land as it is VILE.
VILE beyond belief as it consisted of instant mash potato mix (not even smash but cornershop (un)happy shopper best being made up with 2-3 times as much water as you should normally. Bit of salt and pepper and thats it – recipe completed.
Very occasionally a beaten egg would be mixed into the ‘soup’ but that was on the rare occasions when an egg was sitting all alone in the fridge.

By: Pa

Pa — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:57:06 +0000

Bet they taste better than any shop bought ones.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:18:19 +0000

And just what are you insinuating there Oli? Are you saying that I have falsified my potato exploits??

To do:
Deliberately misinterpret and get unnecessarily offended at something Oli says. – Done

By: Oli

Oli — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:06:41 +0000

I quite enjoy buying potatoes from the local farm, chucking them in the garden with a liberal covering of earth, then pretending I’ve just dug them up when I bring them back into the house the next day. This works best if you invite guests round.

Having said that, I’m the sort of person who, at the end of the day, compiles a list of everything I’ve done that day, then adds “To Do:” at the top.
It’s very satisfying to go through each item on the list, either scoring it out or putting a hefty tick next to it – makes one feel ever so productive (and if anyone doubts me, I show them the list).

To do:
Tell folk about potato-based lies. -Done
Inform others of how to appear productive. -Done

By: Island Girl

Island Girl — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:14:57 +0000

Oh yum! I LOVE mashed potato. With lots of butter and some salt, oh yay!