mashed potato

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English

A serving of mashed potato (sense 1) in a bowl with two whole potatoes

Noun

mashed potato (countable and uncountable, plural mashed potatoes)

  1. (usually uncountable) Alternative form of mashed potatoes (“a dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk”).
    • 1924 May 3, “Lucid Intervals”, in George D Mitchell, editor, The Pathfinder, 21st year, number 1583, Washington, D.C.: The Pathfinder Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
      “I would like a little lamb and some mashed potatoes,” said the diner to the waiter. The waiter called back to the kitchen: “One lamb and one mashed potato.”
    • 2014, Cathy Kelly, chapter 5, in It Started With Paris, London: Orion Books, →ISBN, page 73:
      ‘You get used to the non-stop chattering and teasing,’ said Sorcha, with four-year-old Finn beside her, eagerly eating mashed potato and his own mini portion of turkey.
    • 2019 December 27, Michael Fountain, “The Cruise”, in Brass September, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, book 2:
      I believe I want a steak, well done, steamed broccoli and a mashed potato. For my appetizer I want clam chowder.
  2. (rare, countable) A single potato prepared in this manner.
    • 1975 May, Juan Carlos Ortiz, “Mashed Potato Love”, in Disciple, Carol Stream, Ill.: Creation House, published November 1975, →ISBN, part 1 (The New Wine), page 62:
      But what God wants is mashed potatoes. Not many potatoes—one mashed potato. No potato can stand up and say, “Here I am! I’m a potato.” The word must be we.
    • 1979 July, Janet Frame, chapter 24, in Living in the Maniototo, New York, N.Y.: George Braziller, published August 1979, →ISBN, page 147:
      I have a vivid early memory of eating a meal of boiled shredded cotton flannel mixed with one mashed potato, as a soup which served our family for our one daily meal.
    • 2012, JJ Virgin, “Your Glycemic Load”, in The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin, →ISBN, part II (7 Foods to Avoid), chapter 7 (The Sweetness Trap), page 130:
      Remember how I said we eat just a few bites of carrot but a whole potato? Well, a single carrot has a glycemic index of 131 and contains only 4 grams of carbs, so its glycemic load is (1.31 x 4), or about 5. One mashed potato has a glycemic index of 104 and 37 grams of carbohydrates, so its glycemic load is (1.04 x 37), or just over 38.
  3. (countable) A dance or a dance move popular in Western culture the 1960s.
    Alternative form: Mashed Potato

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