Editing Mashed potato (section)

==Culinary uses==
[[File:Frankfurter-rippchen-mit-kraut-kpl.001-1.jpg|thumb|Mashed potato served with ''[[Frankfurter Rippchen]]'', ''[[sauerkraut]]'' and mustard]]

Mashed potato can be served as a [[side dish]]. In the British Isles, sausages served with mashed potatoes are known as [[bangers and mash]]. Mashed potato can be an ingredient of various other dishes, including [[cottage pie|shepherd's and cottage pie]], Orkney [[clapshot]], [[pierogi]], [[colcannon]], [[dumpling]]s, [[potato pancakes]], potato [[croquette]]s, and [[gnocchi]]. Particularly runny mashed potatoes are called ''mousseline'' potatoes.<ref name="Dupree">{{Cite book| publisher = Gibbs Smith| isbn = 978-1-4236-2316-8| last = Dupree| first = Nathalie| title = Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking| date = 1 November 2012}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, cold mashed potato can be mixed with fresh eggs and then fried until crisp to produce a [[potato cake]]. This dish is thought to have originated in [[Cornwall]] and is a popular breakfast item. When instead combined with meat and other leftover vegetables, the fried dish is known as [[bubble and squeak]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Mashed potatoes may be eaten with [[gravy]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Smith | first=A.F. | title=The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink | publisher=Oxford University Press, USA | series=Oxford Companions | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-19-530796-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoWlCmNDA3QC&pg=PT321 | access-date=28 August 2023 | page=321}}</ref> typically meat gravy, though vegetable gravy is becoming more common as vegetarian and vegan diets increase in popularity.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

A [[potato masher]] can be used to mash the potatoes.<ref>{{cite book | title=Commercial America | publisher=The Philadelphia Commercial Museum. | issue=v. 7 | year=1910 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OnmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA27 | access-date=9 January 2017 | page=27}}</ref> A [[potato ricer]] produces a uniform, lump-free, mash.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Simmons | first1=M. | last2=Table | first2=Sur La | title=Things Cooks Love: Implements, Ingredients, Recipes | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7407-6976-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780740769764 | url-access=registration | access-date=9 January 2017 | page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780740769764/page/133 133]}}</ref>

In [[India]], mashed potatoes made with spices, fried or not, are called chaukha. Chaukha is used in [[samosa]]s in India and with [[Litti (dish)|litti]], especially in [[Bihar]].<ref name="Dupree"/>

In [[Kenya]], mashed potatoes are eaten in the form of a dish called irio, native to the Kikuyu tribe. The dish mainly incorporates corn and peas along with other ingredients into the potatoes. It is often accompanied with ''nyama choma'', known as grilled meat, which could be either goat or beef.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.africanbites.com/irio/|title=Kenyan Mashed Potatoes: Irio}}</ref>

In [[Turkey]], mashed potatoes made with milk, salt, black pepper, and butter are called ''patates puresi''.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}