What's with Naked Potatoes?

[radicalfrog]

While ya'll are here I thought I would give ya'll something different to talk about LMAOOOOOOOO

OMG there is this on-going thing in my family that just makes me so frustrated. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania. I was brought up that you put gravy, creamed corn or regular corn and even sauerkraut! I married my hubby and had 2 kids and ended up in Maine. My husband and his family doesn't put anything on his potatoes! I mean nothin ....they are naked! This big white blob just sittin there screaming for gravy! LMAOOO Now my youngest is doing it! And it just makes me want to hide the gravy in there somehow LMAOOO

I guess what I am asking is ....do ya'll put anything on your mashed potatoes? Help me understand why ya'll eat naked potatoes!

Not saying there is anything wrong with it but......IT ANNOYS ME BIG TIME!!!!

Smooches
Ms T

 

[CayCay]

Naked taters? No way Jose! I LOAD mine up. I'm talking gobs of butter, shredded cheese, salt, pepper, sour cream and even tobasco. Yes I can do just gravy but naked? Never. Weirdos.

 

[ambeck22]

Not much help because here in WV we tend to like that kinda thing (noodles, gravy, green beans, corn, chicken, etc.) on our potatoes, too. Doesn't matter if they are mashed or baked or buttered (boiled) potatoes. Even the restaurants offer gravy or "loaded" with cheese, bacon bits, butter, and sour cream. Garlic mashed potatoes or mashed potatoes with the skin on them are big at the more "uptown" restaurants, as well.

 

[misplacedsooner]

well, i am an authority on potatoes!!!!
baked.... butter..real butter only, salt, pepper, sour cream, real bacon bits, lots of cheese perhaps chives.
mashed.... butter, oh, slop on the gravy big time with salt and pepper
fried..... can be good with just salt and pepper but gravy is good too.
hash browns...... cooked in bacon grease, topped with 3 eggs over easy, topped with sausage gravy then shredded cheese and salt and pepper.

 

[tofucute]

butter, cream/milk, salt, pepper=naked?

 

[radicalfrog]

I actually lived in Mississippi, Florida, New Jersy, Pennsylvania and then lastly Maine. We have eatin in a lot of places and even here in Maine they don't serve gravy on the potatoes and look at me like a am a weirdo when I ask for gravy LMAOOOOO

You should have seen my father-in-law when I put sauerkraut on his potatoes. He bout freaked. But he gave it a chance and HE LOVED IT!!!!

So maybe it is just Maine that is not up for the gravy thing LMAOOOOO

Smooches
Ms T

 

[misplacedsooner]

gravy is a solid staple of life and a must

 

[Cinnamonkey]

A nekkid tater is the equivalent of walking outside and down the street in your birthday suit. Bring on the REAL homemade bacon bits, some cheese (colby jack), and pile it on top. Good stuff.

 

[brypauld]

I absolutely will NOT eat mashed potatoes without gravy... It's one of those matches made in heaven, kinda like dipping pizza in ranch dressing

 

[Wate2028]

Maybe they are just weird up there, never been further north than TN myself but I've always heard they look at you like you have 2 heads if you ask for sweet tea up there.

 

[CayCay]

I have family in Wisconsin. Once I was in a restaurant and asked for burritos and they stared at me in silence like I spoke a foreign language.

 

[Shiryo]

My dad is from NY, he eat mashed taters smothered in butter and salt, essentially naked, and cannot stand sour cream or ANYTHING on his tates. For the longest time till I was about... 11, when I started ordering adult portioned meals at restaurants and found my love for gobs of sour cream and chives doused in tons of butter and sprinkled with handfuls of salt. I had them naked otherwise prior to those years with the occasional gravy dousings during the holidays.

I love anything in my potatoes... I had older friends who cooked amazing dinners occasionally that were from Oklahoma. They made a porkchop and baked potato with chili dinner. It was amazing. I pounded up the pork-chop and threw it in my potato and they looked at me funny and laughed. I then proceeded to douse the chili, sour cream and gobs of cheddar on top. Most amazing potato I ever had in my whole life. I wish there were chives, oh god i'm getting hungry just thinking of it now.

Potatoes are so amazing... I think i'ma get some chili cheese fries today.

 

[aziffel]

Did somebody say gravy?Where is it?Gotta have some gravy on yer taters! or cheese,or bacon bits,or sour cream,or..............
Now I gotta go find food

 

[CayCay]

My dad is from NY, he eat mashed taters smothered in butter and salt, essentially naked, and cannot stand sour cream or ANYTHING on his tates. For the longest time till I was about... 11, when I started ordering adult portioned meals at restaurants and found my love for gobs of sour cream and chives doused in tons of butter and sprinkled with handfuls of salt. I had them naked otherwise prior to those years with the occasional gravy dousings during the holidays.

I love anything in my potatoes... I had older friends who cooked amazing dinners occasionally that were from Oklahoma. They made a porkchop and baked potato with chili dinner. It was amazing. I pounded up the pork-chop and threw it in my potato and they looked at me funny and laughed. I then proceeded to douse the chili, sour cream and gobs of cheddar on top. Most amazing potato I ever had in my whole life. I wish there were chives, oh god i'm getting hungry just thinking of it now.

Potatoes are so amazing... I think i'ma get some chili cheese fries today.

My most FAVORITE thing to do with left over steak is to cut it up and spinkle it on a baked potato with the cheese, sour cream, butter, etc... To me, potatoes are equal to a dry piece of toast.... SOMETHING belongs on top of it!

 

[Wate2028]

My most FAVORITE thing to do with left over steak is to cut it up and spinkle it on a baked potato with the cheese, sour cream, butter, etc... To me, potatoes are equal to a dry piece of toast.... SOMETHING belongs on top of it!

What is this left over steak that you speak of, I've never experienced such a thing.

 

[CayCay]

What is this left over steak that you speak of, I've never experienced such a thing.

lol... we have a family of 5 so we always overdo dinner instead of running into a chance of not having enough.

 

[KnotGillty]

You're too funny Tammy

I'm not a big fan of naked potatos either

 

[Vchick]

And omg, if gravy, sour cream, bacon isn't enough..............you haven't lived until you put ranch dressing on 'em

just sayin........

 

[echos67]

Knot you can post some wild pictures my friend lmao

Vchick I may try the ranch, i love it on onion rings, cheesesteak subs, chicken and all kinds of things.

 

[CayCay]

omg.... i love it!!!!