• southsamurai
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    284 months ago

    Well, they could be, but aren’t.

    There’s no reason that mashed taters can’t be used the same way guacamole is. You could use it as a dip, a topping/condiment, or a main focus of a simple dish.

    However, you can’t mash potatoes without cooking them, which is a very important difference. They also aren’t used in the ways guacamole is. Nor, imo, would they serve the same role as well.

    • @[email protected]
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      74 months ago

      Not to mention potatoes are tubers and avocados are a fruit. They have no ingredients in common, and the preparation of each only bears a vague similarity to one another (mashing the main ingredient and literally nothing else). If you’re putting butter and milk in your guac or onions, tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno and cumin in your mashed potatoes I will call the cops

      • @[email protected]
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        64 months ago

        I mean I agree with you mostly but tbh adding some finely minced onions and jalapeños to mashed potatoes sounds like it might actually be bangin.

        • squiblet
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          34 months ago

          It happens all the time in southwestern cuisine. Cubed potatoes are pretty common in breakfast burritos and of course I’d put salsa on that.

    • @[email protected]
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      74 months ago

      Okay, I trust that you’ll all respect that I’m entering a Judgment Free Zone.

      There was a period in my life where I would buy grocery store potato salad and use it as a dip for Cool Ranch Doritos, and it was actually pretty good!

      I don’t do that anymore, but all I can say is that it’s possible. Thank you for respecting my experiences.

      • southsamurai
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        24 months ago

        Man, I’m in the camp of whatever brings you even a sliver of happiness that doesn’t hurt someone else is all good. And food snobbery is dumber than dammit to begin with.

        On another level, it really isn’t any different than adding in some ranch flavoring into the potato salad and then mixing in something crunchy. Most store bought potato salad is very low crunch, and there’s only so many ways to get it in there.