Mashed potatoes Poll

[Homebrew]

With the jacket or peeled?

[Winston Smith]

Peeled.

[Ukulele Ike]

Peeled.

[Judith Prietht]

Peeled. I'll sometimes make an exception for red potatoes, but I usually use Yukon Gold.

[D_Odds]

Peeled

[roadrunner70]

Peeled. Any other way, unpeeled.

[Homebrew]

I forgot to put my own preference.

With jacket if I'm cooking for myself. Peeled if my son is with me.

[Winston Smith]

Originally posted by Homebrew
With the jacket or peeled?

You need a third choice: Instant

[Odieman]

Peeled...or :gasp: Instant, never with the jacket on....

[Sunspace]

Peeled,unless they're the ones with the very thin skin. I started not peeling them because it was less work.

[cmkeller]

Peeled.

[bobblehead]

With the jacket, of course! As an Idahoan I feel it is my duty!

[phlebert]

mostly peeled (little bits of the skins for that steakhouse-chunky style). whether idaho or yukon gold

A few reds thrown in with skins are also really good.

but who buys 3 different kinds of pototoes to make mashed potatoes

ahem....

mostly peeled.

[montana cricket]

Okay, well, maybe if you have 3 different kinds left from other stuff....

I like them peeled, but would agree that the thin skinned kind mashed with lots of roasted garlic are AWESOME!

But then, I like all kinds of potatoes!

[lieu]

With the jackets, without any Quayloes.

[Flutterby]

Instant?? The sacrilage!

Peeled. Any other way, jacket.

[Lynn Bodoni]

Peeled. I HATE mashed potatoes with skins in. I'm convinced that this is a Conspiracy by the restaurant business, who think that they are showing us that they use REAL potatoes, not instant.

I don't like the jackets in any sort of potato dish, though nostly I just eat around them.

[Scarlett67]

Never instant!!!

And usually not peeled. It always amazes me to watch the scene in Angela's Ashes where the mother of a starving family is peeling potatoes. For God's sake, woman, that's where all the nutrients are! You're wasting food!

So give me peels and lumps in my mashers, with lots of garlic and butter, and cream, if there's any in the house. Mmmmmm, tatoes . . .

[vibrotronica]

Leave dem peels in there, folks! And add lots of garlic while you're at it.

[AbbySthrnAccent]

Peeled.

[swingchick]

Peeled all the way, baby

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Peeled. Oh, and lumpy is okay, too.

[MovieMogul]

Red potatoes with the skin (+ a little garlic & my wife's magic touch). Mmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Burnt Sugar]

Peeled.

Never instant.

If I'm eating mashed spud on its own, I like it with cheese, milk and marg mashed in. Mmmmm.

[MrVisible]

Peeled. With garlic. Yum.

[Bippy the Beardless]

Peeled, for Og sake !

[BoBettie]

I LOVE my taters with the peels on. Mmmmmmmmmmmm YEAH!

[twickster]

Sissies! Not peeled -- with butter, cheddar cheese, and sour cream.

Wait six months before you let them test your cholesterol.

[JerseyDiamond]

It depends if I am in the mood to peel

I think there are more nutrients when you leave the peel on.

[penny dreadful]

My first choice is instant. Can't help it, I just like the texture. After that comes peeled.

I've been wary of the jackets-on variety, ever since I had some mashed potatoes with dark flecks that turned out to be pieces of brown paper towel. Good ol' U.S. Navy chow(!)

(FWIW, the skin is my favorite part of a baked potato. 'Specially when it's slightly burnt.)

[Toddly]

For mashed potatoes we remove the peels and add sour cream. All other ways we leave the peels on. Never instant in our house.

[dwyr]

Unpeeled Yukon gold, cooked in chicken broth, with lots and lots of garlic. Bliss.

[Chaosisme]

Peeled or unpeeled matters not to me, I love em either way...Ditto with the chix broth and lots and lots of garlic..YUM..

[Stoid]

Peeled.

Dried in the pot.

Add half and half and lots of butter.

Salt and pepper.

Some chives.

And a little more butter.

[japatlgt]

Peeled before cooking is extra "neet" but a thoroughly scrubbed potato prepared as mash with the husk on is quite good and provides extra roughage in the diet. It depends.

[Phnord Prephect]

Originally posted by phlebert
mostly peeled (little bits of the skins for that steakhouse-chunky style). whether idaho or yukon gold

A few reds thrown in with skins are also really good.

but who buys 3 different kinds of pototoes to make mashed potatoes

ahem....

mostly peeled.

Sorry....

"Peeled?!"
"Mostly Peeled."
"MOSTLY Peeled?!"
"I think it's pretty good coverage for a disintegrated pile of potato."
"Oh, and that's supposed to make it taste better, is it?"

Ok. I'll stop.

[vivalostwages]

Peeled, with ketchup.

[Weary]

Unpeeled... the dirtier the better:-)

[Homebrew]

Originally posted by vivalostwages
... with ketchup.

Okay, that's just vile!

I thought the garlic was understood, BTW.

[snac]

With the peels still on, thankyouverymuch.

We don't use instant, but there are some frozen mashed potatoes out there that are pretty darn good...and quick too.

--snac, who is a true potato kind of a guy

[Marconi & Schmeese]

Peeled. With lots of real butter, heavy cream & a little salt.

[Manduck]

Originally posted by vivalostwages
Peeled, with ketchup.

That's it, viva, you're disqualified! Ketchup?

Peeled, with white pepper.

[kniz]

Peeled! If they are unpeeled to me it is a whole different dish and one that I don't care for. I always eat the skin with a baked potato, so it isn't like I'm against using the peeling.

[GingerOfTheNorth]

Peeled, with milk, butter, pepper. Mmm!

[Medievalist2]

Peeled.

[Ice Wolf]

Peeled, salted, with butter and enough milk to make it not too dry, not too sloppy.

[vanilla]

Jacket

[SwimmingwithChickens]

Peeled with a hint of Chedder Cheese....

[Skelji]

Leave the skins, add lots of butter and garlic.

[belladonna]

I just wanted to pop in to say that after reading it two dozen times or more, the word "peeled" seems to lose all meaning.


_{in my house, we peel 'em, boil 'em, mash 'em, butter 'em, and add some cheese if we're feeling jaunty}