Sunday, September 16, 2012

Purple Mashed Potatoes

I cannot deny it, I am an avid fan of the mashed potato. So when my wife insisted I choose two of the dishes to be served this week, mashed potatoes were naturally at the top of the list. Now, I admit, I have long underestimated the ingenuity of my wife regarding the culinary arts and this week proved no different. I sat down to eat this evening and to my delight and then despair, there lay the mashed potatoes. No ordinary mashed potatoes were these, these were PURPLE mashed potatoes. Holy Grape Juice Batman! Potato Sacrilidge. MASHED Potato Sacrilidge no less.  Despite this, I am a tolerant man, for I've read Green Eggs and Ham; I picked up the fork by my plate. My wife quoted a line from the story as she saw me eyeing the side dish warily. It did not seem to agree with the baked chicken beside it. "Could you would you..." she said and left the rest for me to fill in. You should know that gravy has the unique ability to make almost anything palatable, and in this fact I took great comfort as I spooned up a man-sized dollop to my lips. I opened up and put it in. The bite in my mouth was creamy, yet hearty, mixing with the gravy to a most satisfying conclusion. I smiled at my wife. She had once again transformed the most improbable of dishes into a gastronomical sensation.

6 comments:

  1. Purple potatoes are not only palatable, they are perfection!

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  2. On a whim for Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, I tried making this when we received purple potatoes in our delivered organic veggie box. While it was a fun experiment, the guests were less adventurous, and no one touched them. I'm glad to hear a success story and might have to give this another shot!

    Gina
    www.totallyfullofit.com

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  3. I must say that I will be requesting purple mashed potatoes the next time my wife asks. But then I'll probably get mashed yam or some other equally unusual variant.

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  4. I loved mashed potatoes, but the last time I ate them was during December of 2011, and they were not purple. I am laying off the mashed potatoes because Melynda is helping me lose weight. Good luck, Melynda.

    Love,
    Janie

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  5. Please get rid of the "prove you're not a robot" thingy. It drives me crazy.

    Love again,
    Janie

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  6. @Janie
    Huh? What "prove you're not a robot thingy" are you talking about?

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