On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 11:58:36 AM UTC-5, Mary Iwaoka wrote:
> On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 1:31:03 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 7:11:51 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 1:53:54 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> > > > On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:45:20 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 1:37:28 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Don't grocery stores there stock potatoes in their fresh vegetables section???
> > > > > > They don't have them for sale in mesh or the sealed heavy paper bags??? If
> > > > > > nothing else buy a box of those Ore-Ida brand potato flakes. They can be
> > > > > > doctored up as heavily as you like with butter and cream.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Potatoes are not grown on the islands??
> > > > > >
> > > > > I don't want to mess with potatoes unless I can help it. My step-mom is Swedish so she knows how to handle potatoes. Potatoes are probably grown here but they're not sold in stores. I don't want to touch potatoes unless it's with a fork.
> > > > >
> > > > Were you terrified by a potato as a child?
> > > >
> > > > The only 'messing' done is peeling them and some dishes you don't even
> > > > have to do that. But I can't imagine living somewhere that potatoes are
> > > > not available in the store.
> > > I wasn't raised on potatoes. You probably were. You probably learned how to make mashed potatoes early on. I never did. I consider mashed potatoes to be an exotic dish. BTW, I can't imagine taro not being available in stores. So what?
> > Yes, you're probably too old to learn to cook potatoes. What a pity.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> I can indeed cook a potato. In fact, I make a killer potato salad. OTOH, I try to avoid cooking potato because I find that to be a real drag. I'd rather cook rice because it does not involve peeling or cutting or mashing. I think mashed potatoes are a great dish, I'm just not going to waste my time preparing it.

Peeling, cutting, and mashing are not required for many potato dishes. In fact, I seldom peel
potatoes.

You're just closed-minded about food.

Cindy Hamilton