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Original poster

To hate potatoes ?

97 replies

hopefulhalf · 13/07/2019 19:07

Not a TAT but more of a follow on ? I just don't "get" them floury balls of starch that can't "take" a sauce. Except for mash which is a pain in the arse to prepare and very fattening.

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PeriComoToes · 13/07/2019 19:11

I worship at the feet of the Potato Lord. YabVVu

Chescascurious · 13/07/2019 19:13

YANBU I can't stand them!

TheInvestigator · 13/07/2019 19:14

Potato dauphinoise... It's the best ever.

Original poster
hopefulhalf · 13/07/2019 19:14

Can people tell me what they see in potatoes ?

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Leeds2 · 13/07/2019 19:15

I eat jacket potatoes very occasionally. And I love mash, but never make it. So I don't eat them very often at all, not even chips.

EdWinchester · 13/07/2019 19:16

I am not a fan. I quite like a skinny chip, but rarely.

HelloyouKant · 13/07/2019 19:16

CHIPS
CHIPS
CHIPS
CHIPS

MashedSpud · 13/07/2019 19:17

I love spuds.

crankyassnoperope · 13/07/2019 19:19

YANBU. Total waste of stomach space if you ask me.

bumblingbovine49 · 13/07/2019 19:19

oh my goodnes, mashed potato is the only type I can't stand. Chips, roast, dauphinoise, wedges all absolutely delicious and soooooo much more fattening than mashed potatoes Grin

I luuuuurves boiled new potato salad with olive oil dressing ( again more fattening than mashed potato probably!!)

sdb1hcs · 13/07/2019 19:20

Anyone that doesn't get chips is, imnsho, vv u.

HTH

FourEyesGood · 13/07/2019 19:20

Potatoes gonna potate.

Thisismyusernamefornow · 13/07/2019 19:22

Potato. That's all.

Original poster
hopefulhalf · 13/07/2019 19:22

I am a healthcare proffesinal, I have worked in SCBU and children's wards, also in outpatients. My job now is a bit different

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Original poster
hopefulhalf · 13/07/2019 19:23

wro g thread

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crankyassnoperope · 13/07/2019 19:24

I don't dislike chips. It's just that I'd rather eat, well, ANYTHING else really! They're all just so utterly pointless, potatoes.

MashedSpud · 13/07/2019 19:30

Po-tay-toes.

ZeldaPrincessOfHyrule · 13/07/2019 19:30

DS2 would agree with you. But we're fairly convinced he's a reincarnated Viking who only wants to consume meat, stay up late partying, and go on destructive rampages through the town while shouting his head off.
He thinks potatoes are a waste of time, whatever form they come in.

EdWinchester · 13/07/2019 19:34

I was given potatoes with every bloody meal as a child. Seriously, every day.

As a result, I have an aversion.

nordstrom · 13/07/2019 19:35

I am a complete potatophile. They are comfort on a plate. Delicious soft, creamy mouth feel.

lljkk · 13/07/2019 19:36

Love spuds. Meh to bread. Yick to rice.

Kallyderon · 13/07/2019 19:36

YANBU when it comes to plain boiled potatoes, especially without even butter on them. Which my parents have with Every Fucking Meal.

YABU if you try to extend this to baked, mash, dauphinoise, roast, parmentier etc potatoes, or to chips.

Surfingtheweb · 13/07/2019 19:37

Insane!! I cannot think of a single type of spud I don't like!!

Freshprincess · 13/07/2019 19:37

My DS doesn't either. The only chips he'll eat are mcdonalds ones. When we have sausage and mash I have to make him pasta.

sackrifice · 13/07/2019 19:39

I grow em, then harvest em and then eat em. I fucking love em.