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Originally Posted by SamCat
Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
I'm not following. Aren't rice and red potatoes just as cheap and easy to make as a good mashed potato?
Not really. You can't make up roasted potatoes or rice a day or two in advance, they will shrivel up, but you can make up mashed potatoes in a big vat, add cream and serve them as fresh for a day or two and get away with it. Hence, they are cheaper to serve and less labour intensive.
You can do that with any potato dish in one way or another. What you are basically saying is that crappy mashed potatoes aren't as good as good roast or baked potatoes. That isn't a very reasonable or useful comparison.