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Can we have a love of potatoes thread please.

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Snooks1971 · 06/03/2026 21:28

Posting for potato traffic.
Potato image under review.

Can we have a love of potatoes thread please.
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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 06/03/2026 21:43

I find them much much more filling than protein. And the fullness lasts and lasts.

Love them.

Snooks1971 · 06/03/2026 21:43

BookOfBritishBirds · 06/03/2026 21:36

Are you familiar with the work of Poppy Cooks on Tiktok? It’s the potato equivalent of sporn.

No I’m not! Feel bad now. On my potato list.

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likelysuspect · 06/03/2026 21:44

Potato porn

Love it

Wasnt there a Masterchef episode recently where the challenge was potatoes?

Best episode ever.

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 06/03/2026 21:44

The right potato for the cooking method, roasts in lard, cream and horseradish in mash, oiled and salted kings for jackets, beed dripping chips, bubble and squeak, farls... wonderful!

Sminty2 · 06/03/2026 21:44

Snooks1971 · 06/03/2026 21:43

No I’m not! Feel bad now. On my potato list.

She’s on Instagram too.

GoneBackToTheWorld · 06/03/2026 21:44

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DreamingOfGeneHunt · 06/03/2026 21:45

I absolutely love potatoes.

I like to get the skin of a baked potato and fill it with butter and cheese and squash it all and eat it hot and drippy. (This is in addition to the butter and cheese that was originally part of the baked potato and I have no regrets and no shame.)

Brefugee · 06/03/2026 21:45

oh come ON! is nobody going to do it?

"What's taters, precious?"

I have, as they say, found my people. I love a good potato. Especially a fab floury one, as mash with lots of butter, olive oil and a hint of garlic. Or mashed with celeriac.
Roasties, chips, boiled new potatoes, hassleback, dauphinoise, anna, fondant (ohhhhh fondant potatoes)
I am married to a potato loving chef. It is bliss and i am the size of a house.

ETA: forgot a childhood favourite, a potato scallop from the fish shop. In a bread cake with a liberal sprinkling of salt and Hendos

Butteredtoast55 · 06/03/2026 21:47

I bloody love potatoes. Whenever I watch MasterChef or Great British Menu and they serve a main without potatoes I feel they've cheated.
A jacket potato with cheese is just so delicious 😋

gingercat02 · 06/03/2026 21:47

BookOfBritishBirds · 06/03/2026 21:36

Are you familiar with the work of Poppy Cooks on Tiktok? It’s the potato equivalent of sporn.

Poppy Potatoes as she is known here (I'm Irish so said in my best Oirish Plastic Paddy accent)

thistimelastweek · 06/03/2026 21:48

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You are on the wrong thread.

MayaKovskaya · 06/03/2026 21:48

I have found my tribe. Potatoes are the staff of life. A day without potatoes is a day wasted..
Tiny new potatoes drizzled in butter and salt 👌

outerspacepotato · 06/03/2026 21:49

👋 Friends.

Snooks1971 · 06/03/2026 21:49

Potato porn. Yes! So squishy with the butter

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momager1 · 06/03/2026 21:52

Just saw this as my potatoes are cooking. My husband is out for the evening , and although it is still 28 degrees, I am having a big BIG bowl of mash with garlic butter, then a big divot in the top of the mound , filled with butter to melt.. and a healthy (large) ladle of my homemade gravy that is currently defrosting ..may need micro to speed it up. YUM.

MayaKovskaya · 06/03/2026 21:52

Boiled potatoes, sliced, shallow fried and then drizzled with olive oil, topped with cheese. 😋

MayaKovskaya · 06/03/2026 21:53

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😡 heretic!

B0D · 06/03/2026 21:55

Mmmm had my first bag of Charlottes this week, with melted butter or even without they are fabulous

Also I when I make jackets I put some small ones in the oven too, to be eaten cold the next day, almost better than a hot buttery one

BrightYellowDaffodil · 06/03/2026 21:55

BookOfBritishBirds · 06/03/2026 21:36

Are you familiar with the work of Poppy Cooks on Tiktok? It’s the potato equivalent of sporn.

I’ve seen a recipe that has squashed potatoes which are fried and have some sort of sauce poured over them. It is the stuff of my dreams.

FashionVixen · 06/03/2026 21:55

Ponoka7 · 06/03/2026 21:42

I read that in the voice of Garron Noone.
The best part of a roast dinner is salted roast potatoes with mayo.

I would love to eat all the potatoes with Garron Noone.

B0D · 06/03/2026 21:56

Mash must be made with a red skinned variety I believe .

mjf981 · 06/03/2026 21:57

Mash are #1 and the stuff of gods
Jackets are a close second
Roast - I can take or leave

Sminty2 · 06/03/2026 21:57

@Brefugee I love a potato scallop! That’s lunch tomorrow sorted.

Snooks1971 · 06/03/2026 21:57

momager1 · 06/03/2026 21:52

Just saw this as my potatoes are cooking. My husband is out for the evening , and although it is still 28 degrees, I am having a big BIG bowl of mash with garlic butter, then a big divot in the top of the mound , filled with butter to melt.. and a healthy (large) ladle of my homemade gravy that is currently defrosting ..may need micro to speed it up. YUM.

This is similar to watching Wuthering Heights in the UK (for me)

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