Smashed potatoes . . .

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 1/12/07, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
>
> In my experience, smashed potatoes are not equivalent to mashed potatoes.
> The former are typically coarsely crushed, so that small lumps remain,
> and often retain the skin.
>
> Of course there might be eggcornish uses or other types of misunderstanding
> as well.

The Wikipedia entry for "potato" agrees that "smashed potatoes" refers
to "a chunkier variation on mashed potatoes, retaining the peel" and
notes that the style of preparation is popular in New England.


--Ben Zimmer

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