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Article: Savory twists on mashed potatoes
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 26, 1997
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Not long ago, it seemed the only places you could find a good,
steaming mound of mashed potatoes (parked alongside a slab of
meatloaf) were eateries with swivel stools and waitresses named Betty
Lou or in Grandma's doily-infested dining room (flanking the fried
chicken).
Fortunately, things have changed. The humble mashed potato has
come out of the culinary closet. Why? Because it didn't take a
nuclear scientist to figure out that everyone in the world loves a
mountain of fluffy, buttery, snow-white, silky-smooth mashers, and
those who don't should never be trusted.
Mashed potatoes even have graduated to fancy restaurants, where