Can we have a love of potatoes thread please.

Snooks1971 · 2026-03-06T21:28:45+00:00

Posting for potato traffic. Potato image under review.

Kelta · 13/04/2026 07:31

making dauphinoise today to use up some of the cream and soft cheese in the freezer

Muffsies · 12/04/2026 20:43

Niiiice. Did some slicing, too. I had thinly sliced potatoes in some pakora, first time i've made them and they turned out pretty good. Wish i'd thought to take a photo, but we've snarfed them all now!

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Snooks1971 · 12/04/2026 20:30

Sooo tired, have been working away so we are having these Lidl small salad potatoes sliced and roasted with sliced vintage cheddar and salad cream. Sliced green salad leaves also. Comfort.

Apologies for thrice slice word.

Can we have a love of potatoes thread please.

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Allseeingallknowing · 15/03/2026 13:52

NotMeAtAll · 15/03/2026 05:14

TEMPTRESS!

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Don’t blacken them , they’re ready at the crispy brown stage. Top with fried eggs

NotMeAtAll · 15/03/2026 05:14

Snooks1971 · 06/03/2026 21:38

@BrightYellowDaffodil shallow fry leftover mashed potatoes in portions on a high heat, so they are blackened, serve with sausages and pickled red cabbage

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TEMPTRESS!

sashh · 15/03/2026 05:12

Can I make a recommendation? Anya potatoes. Currently you can only buy them in Sainsbury's.

They are a slightly elongated new potato but they have a lovely flavour, sort of nutty.

ObelixtheGaul · 14/03/2026 10:59

Snooks1971 · 13/03/2026 21:04

Brand new early potatoes (not now, not now) are the beautiful small waxy ones like Jersey Royals or if you are from Lincolnshire like me (potato outing post) then look for these delicious beauties around early June. Very short season. Gently boil with fresh mint sprigs and eat with lots of butter and salt.

They are unmashable, they are not floury. They are tiny firm flavoursome beasts.

Or steam. I recently discovered steaming new potatoes and it's been a revelation in taste retention.

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Snooks1971 · 13/03/2026 21:04

Brand new early potatoes (not now, not now) are the beautiful small waxy ones like Jersey Royals or if you are from Lincolnshire like me (potato outing post) then look for these delicious beauties around early June. Very short season. Gently boil with fresh mint sprigs and eat with lots of butter and salt.

They are unmashable, they are not floury. They are tiny firm flavoursome beasts.

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wavecurlnoidea · 10/03/2026 22:30

Where has this thread been all my life

I can't eat too many as my gut starts grumbling, but I love tiny baby potatoes roasted in oil and rosemary, with salmon, or in various soups. Or sliced thinly, sautéed with garlic in little discs then used as the base layer in an egg/veg frittata.

I also used to love M&S frites, those little fries. On their own, with a clod of mayo and a splash of vinegar.

They appear to have fallen out of fashion now, with people sneering about the starch, GI effect and so on. If you cook them then allow them to go cold in a fridge it changes the starch to resistant starch, also lowering the calorie content (not sure how much though!).

Fgfgfg · 10/03/2026 18:36

binnibonnieboo · 10/03/2026 17:37

Well, potato based oppression certainly exists! https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/s/ohUqBvVFZL

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EmuEscapeeeee · 10/03/2026 18:05

Fresh magic mash for tea tonight, consisting of potatoes & carrots

binnibonnieboo · 10/03/2026 17:37

Fgfgfg · 10/03/2026 15:44

This was class based. Definitely a bit sneery. Reminded me of the middle class women who sneered at me in halls at university. My crime was to put sauce over my chips and not on the side. There's a lot of potato based oppression about.

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Well, potato based oppression certainly exists! https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/s/ohUqBvVFZL

ObelixtheGaul · 10/03/2026 16:23

Anyone else rather like oven chips? My Mum wouldn't use a chip pan after seeing one catch fire when she was a child, so we only had chips when we went to the chippy or, very occasionally, oven chips. As a result, oven chips were a bit of a treat, and, as I inherited my mother's fear of chip pan fires, I'd get them to have at home in the days before air-fryers. Oddly developed a taste for them, though still like proper ones from the chippy...

Fgfgfg · 10/03/2026 15:44

binnibonnieboo · 10/03/2026 03:51

To be fair, I don't think it's a class issue. I'm pretty middle class I think and love double carbs! Chip butty, dripping with butter, yum.

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This was class based. Definitely a bit sneery. Reminded me of the middle class women who sneered at me in halls at university. My crime was to put sauce over my chips and not on the side. There's a lot of potato based oppression about.

susiedaisy1912 · 10/03/2026 13:01

Sminty2 · 06/03/2026 21:37

When we were children, our favourite thing was a bowl of Mashed potatoes, dip in the top which you fill with butter.
You have to eat around the butter, so it doesn’t gush out. But at the end, you have a spectacular butter waterfall and last spoonful of potato. Yum! Last one to breach the butter was the winner!

We did this with gravy

Sally2791 · 10/03/2026 04:03

Love them all ways

binnibonnieboo · 10/03/2026 03:51

Fgfgfg · 09/03/2026 19:03

I once shared an office with a middle class woman from London. She was appalled at the idea of a chip butty. 'But it's carbs with carbs' she whined.
Yes, I know. That's the point, and if you do it properly it's two types of fat as well because the bread needs to be buttered.

To be fair, I don't think it's a class issue. I'm pretty middle class I think and love double carbs! Chip butty, dripping with butter, yum.

Muffsies · 09/03/2026 21:37

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 09/03/2026 17:48

A sandwich shop I frequented many years ago sold this thing that was Bombay potatoes in a crusty white bread sandwich (proper bread though) which was covered in batter and deep fried. Triple carbs! I’ve never been able to find it since!

Wow. I can't decide if that's evil or genius.

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 09/03/2026 21:26

Mashed potatoes with onions fried in chicken fat mixed in. Very good.

Anonanonanonagain · 09/03/2026 19:21

Spuds go with everything, so so versatile. We had baked spuds today for lunch with caeser salad on top. I made crunchy bacon and leftover roast chicken to a bag of the salad mix you can buy. Last night we had both roasties and mash with our chicken dinner. This evening was leftover mash on a yorkshire pudding with the remaining morsels of chicken smothered in gravy.

Fgfgfg · 09/03/2026 19:06

HoratioBum · 08/03/2026 20:32

The only potato I’m not mad about is a waxy boiled type. Other than that, bring ‘em on!

Pour French dressing over them when they're still hot. They absorb all the dressing. ❤

susiedaisy1912 · 09/03/2026 19:05

Potatoes are my favourite food in the whole world.

Fgfgfg · 09/03/2026 19:03

I once shared an office with a middle class woman from London. She was appalled at the idea of a chip butty. 'But it's carbs with carbs' she whined.
Yes, I know. That's the point, and if you do it properly it's two types of fat as well because the bread needs to be buttered.

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 09/03/2026 18:41

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 09/03/2026 17:48

A sandwich shop I frequented many years ago sold this thing that was Bombay potatoes in a crusty white bread sandwich (proper bread though) which was covered in batter and deep fried. Triple carbs! I’ve never been able to find it since!

Good lord. That sounds AMAZING.

MamaBobo · 09/03/2026 18:01

We are having a thai style beef salad for dinner with yesterday’s leftover roast beef. I’ve done all the prep and it looks wonderful….but now I feel sad it has no potatoes…

@BookOfBritishBirds My go to indulgence if I’m dining alone or if I can’t be bothered cooking is a proper baked potato with butter, prawn marie rose and salad. Food of the gods!