# Fork Smashed Red Potatoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569 "2009-12-25T18:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/1 "2009-12-25T18:12:13Z")
I can’t find the recipe for these. I thought it was at [pioneerwoman.com](http://pioneerwoman.com) but I can’t find it there. It’s a really simple recipe that involves boiling the potatoes until soft and smashing them with a fork, but I can’t remember what else it involves. Does anyone have the recipe or a link to it? It is a really popular side dish and got a lot of attention a few years ago. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![NeverWinter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@NeverWinter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeverWinter)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/2 "2009-12-25T18:18:46Z")
Is it this? > **[Have You Tried Ree's Favorite Crash Hot Potatoes?](https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a10944/crash-hot-potatoes/)** > > She says this recipe will "make you a believer." 😍 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/3 "2009-12-25T18:24:11Z")
Thank you! That website is completely different than I remember it. The name of the dish is different, too. The lobster tails will be happier now. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/4 "2009-12-26T03:16:19Z")
We had these for Christmas Eve dinner (with steak, shrimp, scallops, and asparagus…yum). ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/5 "2009-12-26T04:42:31Z")
Those look marvelous! Yummmm! \ ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/6 "2009-12-26T05:04:00Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > Those look marvelous! Yummmm! \ They are awesome. Use small potaoes - very small. Big ones just don’t smash properly. Mine turned out just fantastic tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/7 "2009-12-26T06:50:04Z")
I only had them once. When I got home about two hours after scheduled dinner time. They were not good. ☹ I really want to try them again. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/8 "2009-12-26T11:33:59Z")
We make them with yukon golds and they are fantastic … and you have to have them fresh out of the oven, reheated or cold just does not work at all ☹ I turned my totally noncooking brother on to these, and he actually taught himself how to make them from the website. I have hopes he may decide to learn to cook other stuff that doesnt require a microwave.😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-smashed-red-potatoes/522569/9 "2009-12-26T12:10:46Z")
The recipe can be improved 100% by sprinkling chopped chilis over the potatoes with the rosemary. Once you try them with that combination you’ll be hooked.