Thanksgiving Side Dish Power Rankings

[count2infinity]

Yeah... you have to take the time to cut them 1" or even smaller to get an appreciable amount of starch out. And again, I doubt you'd be able to tell a difference between soaked and just rinsed.

[NTP66]

Maybe, but since I never skip that step, I wouldn't know.

[dodint]

Mashed potatoes are overrated. They are a solid role player, but no way should they be in the elite category.

They won the original poll by a wide margin. But, like you say, as a role-playing staple but not the star.

You had them ranked 2nd, and "noodles" 4th (dafuq?)

Yeah, we talked about it later in the thread but it's basically this, but instead of 'creamy' it's in its own light gravy/broth:

[tifosi77]

*throws whole potato into water*

"IT SAYS TO SOAK THEM"

lol

[tifosi77]

They're just not worth the calories.........and put a **** ton of butter and sour cream on it

I think I might have identified the issue here.

[mikey]

Bowties are for buttheads, that middle part cooks unevenly from the rest of the noodle.

BUDGET!

[dodint]

Jokes on you, the whole noodle is overcooked.

[shafnutz05]

If you're stuffing is any good you won't want to drown it in gravy.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Mashed potatoes are overrated. They are a solid role player, but no way should they be in the elite category.

They won the original poll by a wide margin. But, like you say, as a role-playing staple but not the star.

winning a poll on a milquetoast board like this is more of an indictment than anything. I bet the majority of people on here think cargo shorts are fashionable too

[MWB]

Mashed potatoes are great if done right. If you make the stupidly, they’re bad.

[dodint]

Leftover mashed potatoes are great for potato cakes the next morning, too.

[NTP66]

Leftover mashed potatoes are great for potato cakes the next morning, too.

I'll cook bacon and then cook the potato cakes in that bacon grease.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I honestly didn't know that was a thing (converting mashed taters to potato cakes) but that honestly makes mashed potatoes a little more palatable to me

[NTP66]

Converting? ****, all you do is flatten it and put it on a griddle/pan.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

that's called a conversion...

[NTP66]

What I'm saying is, your milquetoast brain didn't even think of the simplest thing. You are not allowed to criticize mashed potatoes.

[mikey]

Leftover mashed potatoes are great for potato cakes the next morning, too.

Describe, please.

[Dickie Dunn]

I don't know what the hell has happened over the last couple pages of this topic, but some of you don't deserve food.

[Rylan]

Leftover mashed potatoes are great for potato cakes the next morning, too.

Describe, please.

I have been known to take leftover mash and with some oil and a skillet fry it up into a latke of sorts.

[Nuge]

I think sweet potatoes have a bigger payoff at the top, but there's a much smaller window for them to be good. It's like a boom or bust prospect for me.

Yes. Good sweet potatoes are awesome. Most are terrible

[mikey]

Leftover mashed potatoes are great for potato cakes the next morning, too.

Describe, please.

I have been known to take leftover mash and with some oil and a skillet fry it up into a latke of sorts.

That's what I was picturing, but wasn't sure...do you mix anything else into it? Onions? Peppers?

[dodint]

No one is stopping you. The possibilities are endless.

[Shyster]

Mashed potatoes are a gravy delivery vehicle.

My brother usually makes garlic bacon mashed potatoes where the ratio of bacon to potato is something like 1:2 by weight. Those are not a gravy-delivery vehicle.

This year he's skipping mashed potatoes and making a similarly bacon-heavy German potato salad.

[meow]

can I come to shys-daddy thanksgiving?

[NAN]

Happy thanksgiving all!