# Chicken and noodle over mashed potatoes--alien concept? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756 "2010-01-05T15:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/61 "2010-01-09T16:25:20Z")
Sounds yummy. Anyone having any for lunch and am I invited? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/62 "2010-01-09T23:39:59Z")
Its the only way I have ever known of eating chicken/beef & noodles. It never occurred to me to eat either without mashed potatoes underneath. What is more surprising to me though is the amount of American posters who donā€™t know what chicken & noodles is. I thought that was pretty standard American comfort food. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/63 "2010-01-10T01:28:57Z")
Itā€™s the standard, to me, but I grew up in Indiana. Still one of my cold-weather comfort foods, but Iā€™m lazy and make my chicken and noodles in the crockpot. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/64 "2010-01-10T02:10:53Z")
> [@MissGypsy](#): > > Itā€™s the standard, to me, but I grew up in Indiana. Still one of my cold-weather comfort foods, but Iā€™m lazy and make my chicken and noodles in the crockpot. I have always lived here in Indiana as well. Must be a Hoosier thing. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/65 "2010-01-10T02:24:30Z")
I keep seeing this thread, and the idea of both noodles and potatoes together is just so wrong! I grew up in Michigan around Germans and Polacks, and I have never heard of this before just lately. Talk about carb city- youā€™d probably find me in a coma after a big dish of thisā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/66 "2010-01-10T02:39:16Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I keep seeing this thread, and the idea of both noodles and potatoes together is just so wrong! I grew up in Michigan around Germans and Polacks, and I have never heard of this before just lately. Talk about carb city- youā€™d probably find me in a coma after a big dish of thisā€¦ Butā€¦butā€¦its the GOOD kind of coma! The kind where you say ā€œOh God never againā€, knowing damn good and well your gonna heat a bowl of that coma goodness up for lunch tomorrow. Oh and all the carb haters are really going to trip if I add the fact that underneath the mashed potatoes, which are underneath the noodles, I always have a slice of bread as a foundation for the whole concoction. Hey, its winter, and cold, and I have not much meat on these bones to keep me warm. I do what I gotta do to pad my scrawny butt! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/67 "2010-01-10T05:08:39Z")
Iā€™m immensely fat and grew up down South and I still find the recipe in the OP sickening, I mean, it has no French fries or alternate meats or anything. šŸ˜‰ No, really, Iā€™ve heard of it but even I have my standards. Can I get a large coleslaw on the side? And maybe some watermelon? Really, Iā€™ll be happy if you leave it at both of them and nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/68 "2010-01-10T05:12:23Z")
Chicken, noodles and mashed potatoes. There is nothing about that which sounds bad. I may habe to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/69 "2010-01-10T06:02:39Z")
Iā€™ve heard of it and I was raised on it. The noodles must be home made and thrown in the pot as soon as you make them. My mom always rolled the dough out with a rolling pin (no fancy pasta maker at her house) so the noodles would be very thick, over 1/8" thick and uneven widths when cooked. They are chewy and lovely and a nice counterpoint to the chicken and potatoes. Itā€™s a cheap dinner that warms your family on a cold day. Itā€™s not summer food. Itā€™s a meal for January or February when you need something that will fill your stomach and the root cellar is getting empty. A throw back meal to another time. Iā€™ve fed it to my children a few times but they always ask for the ā€œsoupā€ and potatoes to be served separately. Weirdos. ---
**Author:** ![rosedavid403](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rosedavid403](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rosedavid403)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/70 "2010-10-28T13:51:54Z")
The people around Terre Haute Indiana area and central Illinois/Paris eat homemade noodles over mashed potatoes for Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays and family reunions. That area use to be mostly Irish and this was one of their favorite meals . I still make it every year for the holidays it is my familyā€™s favorite meal.The noodles are better cooked in turkey juice. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/71 "2010-10-28T13:53:50Z")
I love to make a meal out of soup with enough instant mashed potatoes added to make a sludge. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/72 "2010-10-28T14:08:55Z")
I prefer my noodles over brains. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/73 "2010-10-28T14:27:11Z")
Never had it with chicken, but my mom used to make beef, noodles and gravy, with mashed potatoes and a veggie. The potatoes were on the side, not underneath or mixed with everything else. She used wide flat noodles, similar to the ones in the Amish dinner picture someone linked to, but a bit wider. Delicious! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/74 "2010-10-28T14:37:36Z")
When I make Ć©touffĆ©e I have it over tater tots. Itā€™s delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/75 "2010-10-28T18:05:22Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > It seems odd to me, because in my mind, noodles and potatoes donā€™t go together. Same with noodles and rice or rice and potatoes. Exactly. Itā€™s redundant to have noodles and mashed potatoes together because they both serve the same role as the hearty but bland palette for the tastier meats and veggies. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/76 "2010-10-28T19:27:03Z")
I wouldnā€™t serve it or order it, but Iā€™d eat it if there wasnā€™t any normal food around. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/77 "2010-10-29T00:35:38Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > Take some chicken (thighs, breasts, whatever) throw it in a crockpot withā€¦ Thank you. Would you mind sharing your noodle instructions? Edit to add: Forgot to mention that I have no problem with this (obviously) but Iā€™d mix corn AND peas into the mashed potatoes before putting the meat, noodles, and veggies over the top. Then, Iā€™d eat a small portion because thatā€™s a whole lotta food. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/78 "2010-10-29T07:35:37Z")
Iā€™ve never heard of it, but it seems no different starchwise than adding crackers or cornbread to soup to make it more filling. So I donā€™t think itā€™s weird I have had some really good chicken noodle soups with potato chunks in them, so I think I may try it next time I have to go on a BRAT diet. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/79 "2010-10-29T11:37:43Z")
Iā€™m a Hoosier, living near the Terre Haute area. Iā€™ve heard of it, and eaten it. As long as I can remember, my family has always had chicken & noodles served over mashed potatoes. I still make it for my family in the cold, winter months. They expect the homemade noodles, as well as the entire thing made from scratch. Itā€™s delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756/80 "2010-10-29T11:47:47Z")
I live in south-central Illinois and itā€™s common here. People think Iā€™m odd because I donā€™t do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-noodle-over-mashed-potatoes-alien-concept/523756.md?page=5)