Talk:Mashed potato

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[edit] Canadian?

It is said that the invention of the Mashed Potato originated in Canada.

--Rachelle36 05:05, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I expect this would be hard to verify. Arguably, chuño is a form of mashed potato, and it was being made prior to the european 'discovery' of the spud. Markb 15:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questionable content

Some of this article looks very POV or speculative, such as:

• "Some prefer them lumpy to add a little more substance to the dish, but others prefer smooth so they can focus entirely on the taste."
• "A white turnip cooked and mashed with the potatoes in a proportion of about 1:10, provides a slight "bite" that mashed potatoes proverbially lack."
• "Not all varieties of potato are suitable for mashing, the best being floury varieties rather than the waxy types used as salad potatoes."
• "In many American households, the top of each serving is hollowed with a spoon in order to form a gravy and/or butter volcano crater." This made me laugh but needs to be reworded.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by DraxusD (talk • contribs).

I already felt the same way about other aspects of the article (you'll notice they've been tagged). I'll add suitable tags to the sentences you questioned, as I kind of agree with you that they may be POV. Fourohfour 19:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I find the "adding substance" and "focusing entirely on the flavour" parts being very POV. I am just going to go ahead and completely remove that sentence. It's useless. Rediahs (talk) 16:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Smashed potatoes

Someone, properly, removed that as a synonym, but said it was regional. I remember my children, when they were little calling it that. I think it's about kids, not about regions. Does anyone really know? --Zeamays 14:15, 4 December 2007 (UTC)