Boiled potatoes have no place on a roast dinner!

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My DP was confused as to why I wasn’t cooking some boiled potatoes to go along with the roast potatoes on our Christmas dinner.

Who does this?! He maintains that it is a thing - his DM and DGM did them so he thinks that everyone has both roast potatoes and boiled potatoes on a roast. Google suggests he is wrong.

What do the wise people of MN think?

YABU = yes boiled potatoes and roast potatoes together on a roast dinner are normal.

YANBU = roast potatoes are the king of potatoes on a roast and boring boiled potatoes are taking up space that could be more delicious roasties!

Does he also want sweet corn and broccoli?

Erm, no. What fresh hell is this?!

We do mash and roasties though 😂

We normally have 2 types of potatoes with a roast- roast potatoes of course and either mash or boiled potatoes or if in season jersey royals boiled. So I am with your husband on this one.

I agree with you entirely.
Why have inferior potatoes served with roast potatoes when simply proving more roasties is the obvious solution.

I love all kinds of potatoes but not two types together. Some people put mash on roasts alongside the roast ones. Also weird.

But then I'm a purist and don't think there should be Yorkshire puddings unless it's beef.

Sweetcorn has no place on a roast dinner plate 😂

Show him the roast menu from any pub near you. I have had mash and roast potatoes at other houses or seen this on MN but personally it’s always just roast potatoes.

I don’t do boiled potatoes with mine but don’t see any issue with it. I have certainly had boiled potato’s on roasts when eating out

I always have mash with mine though.

With you on the yorkshires and beef but always 2 types of potatoes.

Have to disagree on Yorkshire puddings...

Potato overload. Why waste space on multiple formats of the same vegetable? Roast is best.

Roast and mash

There is zero point to having boiled potatoes on the table. I would consent to mash so long as it was made with plenty of cheese and cream, but it's not an intrinsic part of a roast dinner.

I will sometimes do mash with a roast but usually just a shed load of roast potatoes - there were 3 of us on Christmas Day & I did enough spuds for at least 6!

Only roast potatoes 🥔
I'm not a fan of mashed or boiled, and no point wasting stomach and plate space with anything other than roast potatoes.

But I have Yorkshire puddings, stuffing and cranberry sauce with every roast dinner, it doesn't matter what meat we're having. And i also like sweetcorn with it 😳

I have never understood why people have two types of potato with a meal. We do roast potatoes or mash.

I often do a mix. 🤷

Boiled potatoes are awful. If you have to have a different potato to roast, at least make it mash.

I have had a roast with roasties and boiled potatoes but it was due to space in the oven. There were 20 of us so we had 2 roast potatoes and 2 boiled.

I always assumed that was why mash appears on roast dinners too because in the potato hierarchy, mash are far superior to boiled

They should always be Yorkshires - one of the best bits. And I say that as Lancashire Lass😁

My DM will do mash which I am all in favour of but not boiled. Unless it's buttered and herbed jersey royals but they're not in season and I wouldn't do them with roast.

People like what they like etc but where has sweetcorn on a roast dinner come from? It makes no sense to me, it's just sweetness, doesn't add anything to the balance of flavours or textures. All for corn on a BBQ but not a roast.

Boiled potatoes are great when they're good potatoes with some butter. They don't belong with a roast.

Op why doesn't your dp make the dinner next time?

We have two types of potatoes at Christmas - roast and sugared brown potatoes. That's the only combination of potato options I'll accept

My family like a lot of potatoes. I've never had to do this, but if I ever had to cook for a massive crowd I might boost the potato count by making a few boiled ones in the hob. A roasting dish can only hold so many roasties.

It's what hes used to and many people have 2 types of potato on their dinner it's allowed. Googling indeed! Hope that was a joke.

It's like the whole Yorkshire pudding on a roast dinner thing. People have a personal preference. If he wants a boiled potato on his dinner, he can have one.