Mashed potato or mashed potatoes, colloquially known as mash, is a dish made by mashing boiled or steamed potatoes, usually with added milk, butter, salt and pepper. It is generally served as a side dish to meat or vegetables. Roughly mashed potatoes are sometimes called smashed potatoes. Dehydrated instant mashed potatoes and frozen mashed potatoes are available. Mashed potatoes are an ingredient in other dishes, such as dumplings and gnocchi.
Mashed potato
potato dish
Characteristic of:
Australian cuisine
British cuisine
Danish cuisine
Dutch cuisine
Finnish cuisine
German cuisine
Indian cuisine
Irish cuisine
Lithuanian cuisine
New Zealand cuisine
Norwegian cuisine
Swedish cuisine
Associated with:
Thanksgiving
Contains, including ancestors:
Potato
Also known as:
Danish:
Kartoffelmos
English:
mashed potatoes
German:
KartoffelpureeKartoffelpureekartoffelpurree
Wikidata ID:
Q322787
Wikipedia title:
Mashed potato
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