Hmmmmmm. ;-)

Mmmm, mashed potatoes. I can't stand the powder variety, and it's fairly simple to make it from the actual taters. (A potato ricer is also a handy thing to have.)

Are new potatoes a big thing in other countries? Here, the first new potatoes are almost a sacred meal - and woe betide him who has no new potatoes to the pickled herring at Midsummer! But I suspect that it might have a lot to do with our short growing season, and many months with old boring potatoes every year.