mashed potato

See also: Mashed Potato

English

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

Noun

mashed potato (countable and uncountable, plural mashed potatoes)

(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[ePui] 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.
(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.
(countable, usually preceded by definite article) A dance or a dance move popular in Western culture the 1960s.
Alternative form: Mashed Potato
- 1962, Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe, “Mashed Potato Time”, in It's Mashed Potato Time, performed by Dee Dee Sharp, Cameo Records:
  A Mashed Potato started long time ago
  With a guy named Sloppy Joe
  You'll find this dance is so cool to do
  Come on baby, wanna teach it to you.
- 1962, Jim Lee, “Let's Dance”, performed by Chris Montez:
  Well, let's dance, well let's dance.
  We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too
  Any old dance that you want to do
  But let's dance.
- 1964 April 15, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 4, column 1:
  The band spent several days at Miami; they visited the Mau Mau Nightclub (where they danced the Mashed Potato), and were taken on a yacht cruise through the inland waterway.
- 1989 June 19, The Canberra Times, page 14, column 1:
  It's not everybody's shampoo and set, but the music, the humour and the dancing will strike a chord with all those old enough to remember Chubby Checker, The Madison and The Mashed Potato.

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