# Mashed potatoes Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593 "2003-01-14T21:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![swingchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@swingchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swingchick)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/21 "2003-01-14T22:55:25Z")
Peeled all the way, baby ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/22 "2003-01-14T23:08:19Z")
Peeled. Oh, and lumpy is okay, too. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/23 "2003-01-14T23:31:18Z")
Red potatoes **with** the skin (+ a little garlic & my wife’s magic touch). Mmmmmmmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/24 "2003-01-14T23:49:13Z")
Peeled. Never instant. If I’m eating mashed spud on its own, I like it with cheese, milk and marg mashed in. Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/25 "2003-01-14T23:51:32Z")
Peeled. With garlic. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/26 "2003-01-14T23:52:10Z")
Peeled, for Og sake ! ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/27 "2003-01-14T23:55:46Z")
I LOVE my taters with the peels on. Mmmmmmmmmmmm YEAH! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/28 "2003-01-14T23:56:48Z")
Sissies! Not peeled – with butter, cheddar cheese, and sour cream. Wait six months before you let them test your cholesterol. ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/29 "2003-01-15T00:10:31Z")
It depends if I am in the mood to peel 😃 I think there are more nutrients when you leave the peel on. ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/30 "2003-01-15T00:17:55Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/31 "2003-01-15T00:39:32Z")
For mashed potatoes we remove the peels and add sour cream. All other ways we leave the peels on. Never instant in our house. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/32 "2003-01-15T01:04:22Z")
Unpeeled Yukon gold, cooked in chicken broth, with lots and lots of garlic. Bliss. ---
**Author:** ![Chaosisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Chaosisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chaosisme)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/33 "2003-01-15T01:18:36Z")
Peeled or unpeeled matters not to me, I love em either way…Ditto with the chix broth and lots and lots of garlic…YUM… ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/34 "2003-01-15T02:31:51Z")
Peeled. Dried in the pot. Add half and half and lots of butter. Salt and pepper. Some chives. And a little more butter. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/35 "2003-01-15T02:42:31Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/36 "2003-01-15T03:01:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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:smack: > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/37 "2003-01-15T03:21:21Z")
Peeled, with ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Weary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@Weary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weary)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/38 "2003-01-15T03:32:53Z")
Unpeeled… the dirtier the better:-) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/39 "2003-01-15T03:47:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*… with ketchup. \*\* Okay, that’s just vile! I thought the garlic was understood, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593/40 "2003-01-15T03:58:58Z")
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 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-potatoes-poll/148593.md?page=3)