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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by SamCat
A few years ago , if you served your guests mashed potatoes it was almost an insult. People enjoyed small baked red potatoes, done in spices or wild rice as a side dish,
Mashed potatoes are cheap and easy to make and to add the word garlic makes them seem exotic
I'm not following. Aren't rice and red potatoes just as cheap and easy to make as a good mashed potato?
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