I'm not following. Aren't rice and red potatoes just as cheap and easy to make as a good mashed potato? :confused:

I'm with magiciansampras on this one. Taking an Idaho potato out of the oven is alot easier than peeling (optional), mashing, and adding ingredients. Even your example of small red potatoes with spices is easier than mashed. And how exactly are mashed "cheaper"?

Baked.

I prefer a plain baked potato with the skin oiled and rolled in coarse salt.

However, if there's any possibility a food fight will break out, please serve me a big plateload of mashed. ^

Depends upon the steak for me. If I am having a chicken-fried steak, it's mashed potatoes. If it is a finer cut of steak, it's baked potatoes.

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As with a number of others, I like mash with steaks since it's a convenient vehicle to sop up juices.
I do like a nice big baked potato but (and I know this is bad :D ) I normally do it for all the crazy toppings... butter, sour cream, bacon bits, chives, etc, etc.

Duchess if dining out, Stuffed Twice Baked at home.

Rice :)

Hasselback potatoes & reindeer tenderloin... mmmm! :D

http://www.seasaltwithfood.com/2009/...-potatoes.html

I had my Birthday dinner at Roy's and my steak came with a poblano mash. It was so good, everyone kept eating it off my plate...so I had to get an extra side of it. Peasant food my a$$.

I'd take that over wild rice or red potatos any day of the week.

I've never been a fan of baked potatos.

Baked and oil, crispy outside skin, no salt, don't need the extra sodium. Hate these places that still served a BP wrapped in tin foil.

LOL ^

I'm happy with either but if given a choice, I prefer mashed. Especially with pepper, garlic and a little butter. And if I'm at Texas Roadhouse or some place with moderate quality steak, I love said mashed potatoes loaded (sour cream, bacon and cheese).

Au gratin. But if the choice is baked or mashed, then baked. Mashed potatoes without gravy are boring. With steak, you can't make gravy and pretend gravy is as bad as pretend potatoes. Baked it is!

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