# What's your favorite way to eat potatoes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200 "2011-06-28T23:02:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/1 "2011-06-28T23:02:46Z")
Simple enough… ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/2 "2011-06-28T23:16:34Z")
French fried, baby! Then baked with butter, green onions and bacon. Then mashed. Then boiled. I guess roasted comes in here. Never, ever au gratin…that’s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/3 "2011-06-28T23:25:39Z")
cooked, other than that it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/4 "2011-06-28T23:31:39Z")
Au gratin. Cheese makes everything better. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/5 "2011-06-28T23:33:06Z")
The Greek way, roasted with olive oil, lemon, salt and tons of garlic. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/6 "2011-06-28T23:48:09Z")
I like all those. I guess baked edged out the others, but that may be because I eat french fried all the time. If I ate less fries, I’d miss the other more. Also, I consider potato wedges a seperate category, and chips, potato pancakes, and hash browns (along with their poor cousins home and cottage fries) should be on the list. Oh yeah, and now the spicy Deannies type potatos I make, and potato kugel, my friends recipe called flat fries (1/4 inch thick slices of potatos fried in a pan). That’s just potatos pretty straight up, you’ve also got the potatos in hash, and stews, and the potatoes I add to Indian dishes, so curried potatos would be another one on the list. Also potato pancakes have various forms like latkes made from grated potatos and Swedish potato pancakes made from mashed potatos. Then theres all the forms of stuffed potatos, potato skins, and in soup form vichysoisse (or however that’s spelled) to ham and potato soup, and good red chowder which should be loaded with big chunks of potatos, Don’t forget potato sticks, I love to munch on those sticks. Plus there are different types of potatoes, those giant Idahos, new potatoes, red potatoes, blue potatoes, Yukon Gold potatoes, white potatoes (the best for chips). Then there’s potato salad too. I’m partial to good hot German potato salad, but I like the cold form if seasoned properly, and egg and potato salad is one my favorites. Then you get into old fashioned fish and chips with the fish wrapped in thin potato slices before battering and frying, and egg and potato sandwiches are great to. Even those bizzare manufactured products like tater tots and rings and other shapes can turn out well. I haven’t even started on roasted and steamed potatos and the different seasonings that can be added. And potato dumplings, pierogies, and gnocchi can’t be disregarded either. Maybe I should have clicked on ‘other’. ---
**Author:** ![Spectralist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Spectralist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectralist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/7 "2011-06-28T23:49:20Z")
Chips. 1 Part Miss Vicky’s Jalepeno to 1 Part Old Dutch Barbecue mixed together. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/8 "2011-06-28T23:54:11Z")
baked with sour cream. during the holidays, baked using rendered goose fat. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/9 "2011-06-29T00:01:09Z")
I voted for mashed but I’ll take them just about any way I can get them. I even like them raw… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/10 "2011-06-29T00:29:06Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I like all those. I guess baked edged out the others, but that may be because I eat french fried all the time. If I ate less fries, I’d miss the other more. > > Also, I consider potato wedges a seperate category, and chips, potato pancakes, and hash browns (along with their poor cousins home and cottage fries) should be on the list. Oh yeah, and now the spicy Deannies type potatos I make, and potato kugel, my friends recipe called flat fries (1/4 inch thick slices of potatos fried in a pan). That’s just potatos pretty straight up, you’ve also got the potatos in hash, and stews, and the potatoes I add to Indian dishes, so curried potatos would be another one on the list. Also potato pancakes have various forms like latkes made from grated potatos and Swedish potato pancakes made from mashed potatos. Then theres all the forms of stuffed potatos, potato skins, and in soup form vichysoisse (or however that’s spelled) to ham and potato soup, and good red chowder which should be loaded with big chunks of potatos, Don’t forget potato sticks, I love to munch on those sticks. Plus there are different types of potatoes, those giant Idahos, new potatoes, red potatoes, blue potatoes, Yukon Gold potatoes, white potatoes (the best for chips). Then there’s potato salad too. I’m partial to good hot German potato salad, but I like the cold form if seasoned properly, and egg and potato salad is one my favorites. Then you get into old fashioned fish and chips with the fish wrapped in thin potato slices before battering and frying, and egg and potato sandwiches are great to. Even those bizzare manufactured products like tater tots and rings and other shapes can turn out well. I haven’t even started on roasted and steamed potatos and the different seasonings that can be added. And potato dumplings, pierogies, and gnocchi can’t be disregarded either. > > Maybe I should have clicked on ‘other’. I was going to ask what the other options people liked were, so… thanks? I didn’t really consider “chips” or “crisps” but I should have. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/11 "2011-06-29T01:00:11Z")
My favorite way is, I call it, smashed. Boil new red potatoes, diced. Dump into bowl with butter and cream cheese and salt. Mix with vigor, causing them to become a little mashed but big chunks remaining. Eat. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/12 "2011-06-29T01:34:42Z")
I voted “other” because I can’t pick a favorite from the list. I have a hard time thinking of a potato-food that I _don’t_ like, except for something like potato salad with too much egg in it. Wait a minute, though…I just had some “7 Select” Hot Dog-Flavored Potato Chips, and they weren’t too hot. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/13 "2011-06-29T01:53:21Z")
What’s the difference between baked and roasted? Baked are done whole and roasted are cut up into chunks? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/14 "2011-06-29T02:11:17Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > What’s the difference between baked and roasted? Baked are done whole and roasted are cut up into chunks? I was scratching my head too, and trying to figure it out. I eventally had an “aha” and sussed that it probably means [this kind of potato](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baked_potato). So then I voted the right way. Go roasted potato! Au gratin is fine too. The rest I may not actively seek out, but are tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/15 "2011-06-29T02:12:28Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > What’s the difference between baked and roasted? Baked are done whole and roasted are cut up into chunks? Yes. Roasted tend to be smaller chunks, well done, often coated with olive oil (or similar) and turned into delicious, savory morsels. (Yes, that WAS my vote!) ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/16 "2011-06-29T02:25:59Z")
Scalloped potatoes for me! Especially when the cheese is crusty on the top and stringy on the inside. Mmm. EDIT: And today I learned that scalloped potatoes and potatoes _au gratin_ are the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/17 "2011-06-29T03:49:37Z")
I voted for Roasted, but your poll is missing Latkes. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/18 "2011-06-29T03:51:45Z")
Fried, but not necessarily french fried. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/19 "2011-06-29T03:55:02Z")
Make mine mashed. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200/20 "2011-06-29T03:56:35Z")
I picked “baked” but immediately after I realized I love potato skins! Whenever I go to Applebees I get a plate of delicious, cheesy, sour creamy… _Drool._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-to-eat-potatoes/587200.md?page=2)