On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:00:03 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Wed 26 Sep 2018 09:07:49a, jmcquown told us...
>
>> On 9/25/2018 4:16 PM, wrote:
>>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 12:37:07 -0700 (PDT),
>>> " > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 2:26:05 PM UTC-5, Sheldon
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I prefer to mash boiled potatoes on my plate
>>>>> with a fork so I can control the lumpiness. I find that the
>>>>> lumps add a more potatoey flavor as they're not diluted by the
>>>>> additions.
>>>>>
>>>> I like my potatoes 'diluted' with butter and milk and of course
>>>> a bit of salt.
>>>
>>> The lumps don't get diluted because they are lumps.
>>>
>> DUH. You're not making "mashed potatoes". You're smashing boiled
>> potatoes on your plate with a fork. Mashed potatoes include
>> butter, milk or cream, S&P and are mashed in the pot. Of course
>> you know this. You're just being a bit contrary.
>>
>> Here's some more thread drift. Leftover mashed potatoes make
>> great potato pancakes.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
>I love potato pancakes. My mother always used to add a bit of minced
>onion and finely minced parsley, also an egg and a bit of flour. I
>still make them that way, but I often leave out the parsley.

you make them with raw potatoes, right?