Editing Mashed potato (section)

{{Short description|Potato dish}}
{{About|the culinary dish||Mashed potato (disambiguation)}}
{{See also|Instant mashed potatoes}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox food
| name             = Mashed potato
| image            = Sous vide mashed potatoes.jpg
| image_size       = 300px
| caption          = A serving of mashed potatoes in a bowl with two whole [[potatoes]]
| alternate_name   =
| country          = [[United Kingdom]]<ref>[[The Art of Cookery]]'', 1747, p. 148 [https://archive.org/details/TheArtOfCookery/page/n177/mode/2up full text]</ref>
| region           = 
| creator          =
| course           = [[Side dish]], [[condiment]]
| type             =
| served           =
| main_ingredient  = [[Potato]]es, [[butter]], [[milk]] or [[cream]], [[Edible salt|salt]], [[black pepper]]
| variations       = [[Duchess potatoes]]
| calories         = <!-- too variable! -->
| other            =
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'''Mashed potato''' or '''mashed potatoes''' ([[American English|American]], [[Canadian English|Canadian]], and [[Australian English]]), colloquially known as '''mash''' ([[British English]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/mash|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209172846/https://www.lexico.com/definition/mash|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2019|title=Mash: Meaning of Mash |website=Lexico Dictionaries &#124; English}}</ref> is a dish made by mashing boiled or steamed [[potato]]es, 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'''.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} [[Dehydrated food|Dehydrated]] [[instant mashed potatoes]]<ref>{{cite book | title=Package Quantities of Instant Mashed Potatoes | publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards | series=Voluntary product standard | year=1971 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8oTQrCY7R9oC&pg=PA1 | access-date=28 August 2023 | page=1}}</ref> and [[Frozen food|frozen]] mashed potatoes<ref>{{cite book | last=Sun | first=D.W. | title=Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging | publisher=CRC Press | series=Contemporary Food Engineering | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-4398-3605-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxzOBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA490 | access-date=28 August 2023 | page=490}}</ref> are available. Mashed potatoes are an ingredient in other dishes, such as [[dumpling]]s and [[gnocchi]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Marks | first=G. | title=The: World of Jewish Cooking | publisher=Simon & Schuster | series=Over 613 Traditional Recipes from Alsace to Yemen | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-684-83559-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ux2lGKCKVPYC&pg=PA249 | access-date=28 August 2023 | page=249}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Food Preparation and Cooking: Cookery units. Student guide | publisher=Stanley Thornes | series=Catering and hospitality, NVQ/SVQ2 | year=1996 | isbn=978-0-7487-2566-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRcidxIUWYMC&pg=PA280 | access-date=28 August 2023 | page=280}}</ref>