Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> As a sort of a break from things, we've been eating out a fair amount
> this last week. Our anniversary was last Monday, and we just took
> the weekend "off". It has seemed to me that the meals we had were
> decent. Certainly not bad, but, well, one place had mashed potatoes
> that really needed help. How can they justify charging me $25 for an
> entree that has completely uninteresting mashed potatoes?
(snip)

Can't quite see myself ordering mashed potatoes in a "fancy" restaurant.
This probably came as a side to the individual Wellington you mentioned.
(Glad that was good!) Mashed potatoes is something I expect from a
homestyle diner. I'm not surprised you were disappointed; perhaps they
haven't figured out how to dumb down and make decent mashed 'taters with
yes, plenty of butter and cream, and don't hold back on the salt & pepper!

Jill