A mashed potato (in some areas, "whipped potato" or "smashed potato") is prepared by mashing freshly boiled potatoes with a potato masher, fork, ricer or food mill, or whipping them with a hand beater. Dehydrated and frozen mashed potatoes are available in many places.
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“The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
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—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)
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