To think boiled potatoes are shite?

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Apart from beautiful new ones...Cheshire's preferably.

Other than that, boiled potatoes are just evil.

I live for roast potatoes, mashed with butter and salt, chips, wedges...baked....all my faves.

But put a big boiled potato on my plate...then...no. Just no.

DH loves them. I usually cook so never make them unless there are nice new potatoes available.

He's cooking now...chicken breasts and fucking boiled potatoes.

AIBU? I don't know if he's attempting a gravy or anything.

Ahh all this talk of butter on potatoes is getting to me!

I developed a dairy ( and other) allergy three/four years ago.
Will try mashing with olive oil thanks. I usually do them with almond milk and a blob of DF marg...not the same 😨

Mitty that made me laugh:)

Oh Sabine so glad I'm not the only new potato hater.

I don't understand why anyone would not mash spuds or do others tings with them. Boiled potatoes are dry and boring.

My mum once made liver and boiled potatoes served with a boiled onion. A whole boiled onion. Mega, super, ultra boak. Even my dad wouldn't eat it.

My Irish friends inform me that only potatoes that look iffy are mashed / roasted !
I love a nice boiled Potatoe . Love roasts , hate mash .

YADNBU - boiled potatoes, unless they're lovely, skin-on new potatoes, are utter shite. DH also makes them quite often, hulking great buggers, and I can barely choke them down. Def mash with a fork.

boiled potatoes are just a lump of bland stodge

This thread reminds me of my mum's cooking. Boiled spuds with fish poached in milk. (Sometimes with bouquet garni to be fancy). Mince cooked in the oven sometimes with the spuds in (at least they tasted of something that way). Not really her fault, teenager during ww2, rationing continued for years after. She could make a cracking Yorkshire pud though.

Microwave a big potatoe. Cut it in half, butter each half and put a big wedge of cheese in the middle of the two halves like a sandwich. Microwave until cheese melts. Let it cool. Squash between hands like a burger and eat like a sandwich! Great stuff 😋

Agreed op

Thye always look so Eastern Bloc to me.

yabu
they are lovely
you need the waxy kind though and boil them in salty water.
yum

Sorry but potatoes cooked anyway are yummy - with the extra butter for good measure....... now what's really shite it's the cauliflower "rice" that is in fashion????
If I want rice I'll have rice in grains not bloody minced up cauliflower 😠

Mmmm boiled spuds with butter and salt yummy.

I HATE mash; I HATE butter and all its ilk
I love plain boiled or baked potatoes with skin, optionally with olive oil & rosemary.
I just like something solid to chew, not sloppy goo < shudders >

Yanbu. Boring as fuck.
Mil serves them with every single meal. Just grim.
No salt, pepper, herbs or spices have ever crossed their threshold

Decent potatoes and steam them rather than boil them.

Errol are you my long lost twin? 'Cos we definitely have the same mother!

YABU!

Boiled potatoes and a shit ton of salt = heaven.

Nothing helps a hangover better than a cold, boiled potato with just a little salt and pepper.

Butter and salad cream yum yum yum

Yuck - they remind me of my childhood. Plain boiled potatoes on the side of most meals. Bleurgh.

In fact, my childhood has given me an aversion to potatoes.

They are lush with salad cream. Mmmmm

YABVU, boiled potatoes with salt, Hendersons & gravy are bloody lush.

Boiled potatoes with sour cream- YUM! And maybe steamed with steamed fish.

Just want to point out I'm not English so maybe my taste buds are different .