My friend from there says, that she usually has mashed potatoes with soured cream and not roast potatoes, when they have roast chicken,beef etc. If this is true, why is that?
2006-07-20 07:12:51 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
My God! I didn't know I was going to offend so many people. I wasn't judging. Just asking. Sorry I breathed
2006-07-20 07:25:11 · update #1
We like them a lot. I eat them at least once a week. Your friend is correct as very few restaurants serve them.
2006-07-20 07:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by billyandgaby 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Americans think that any potato cooked in the oven is a roast potato, and can't get their heads around 'roast potatoes' being a different thing to 'baked potatoes'. It's Christmas and I have been having this argument a lot recently! I cooked roasties for xmas dinner in the hostel I am staying at this year and for my American friend's family last year and no Americans had tried them before. They probably would eat them if they knew how to cook them!
2014-12-27 17:13:38 · answer #2 · answered by Daisy T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we may not have all the fixins that you have but we have most of it. Roast is very popular here, I usually make mine in a crock pot with potatoes and carrots and onions. We might have some biscuits or corn bread to go with it. My grandma always makes mashed potatoes and awesome gravey, she roasts it in the oven too. Add: Well it sounds that way but I usually drain the water out and it leaves you with tender roast and tender carrots and tender potatoes, usually add butter and salt and pepper to the veggies. That's just an easy way to make it and it's really good. Everything is left in tact while it cooks so it's really not a stew at all :)
2016-03-27 01:06:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think really it is the difference in people.. i like roasted potatoes.. and i think they are less fattening than mashed potatoes..when i have roast beef i like mashed potatoes..i guess you just have not talked to those that do like roasted potatoes.. but there is all kinds of americans that live different lifestyles and eat different ways and at different times....so i hope i cleared this up for you some anyway....
2006-07-20 07:19:49 · answer #4 · answered by sanangel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I eat roasted potatoes all the time. Some people just don't know how to roast a potato.
2006-07-20 07:16:03 · answer #5 · answered by casey_leftwich 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's just your friend's preference because I love all kinds of potatoes ~ roasted, mashed, chips etc... I think the mashed potatoe and chicken is a "southern/midwestern" thing. Is your friend from the South?
2006-07-20 07:30:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm American and I eat roasted potatoes all the time. In fact, I hate mashed potatoes.
2006-07-20 07:15:02 · answer #7 · answered by jasenlee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only saw "roasted" potatoes on the Food Network.
I've never personally cooked them that way, unless I'm putting them in the baking pan with the chicken or pork chops.
I'm sure there are many people that use that method to cook potatoes.
2006-07-20 07:16:40 · answer #8 · answered by Jasmine Lily 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i guess that depends on which American you talk to. mashed or baked is usually the most popular way it's served in restaurants, but my mom has fixed pot roast with roasted potatoes on sundays since i was a kid. it might not be as normal as baked or mashed, but the only thing you should generalize about americans and potatoes is that we love carbs (breads,potatoes) and eat them every way you can cook them!
2006-07-20 07:17:33 · answer #9 · answered by dplovincalvinist 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We eat roasted and baked potatoes all the time. Mashed is just more popular though.
2006-07-20 07:16:21 · answer #10 · answered by bombhaus 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We eat plenty of baked/roasted potatoes. Your friend just happens to prefer them mashed.
2006-07-20 07:16:05 · answer #11 · answered by Jack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋