Timeline for This is mashed potatoes or These are mashed potatoes
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| Jun 2, 2022 at 7:53 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | No native speaker would say This is a mashed potato. As soon as the potato loses its shape it becomes a substance rather than a thing. | |
| Jun 2, 2022 at 6:14 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | Likewise mashed turnip, carrot, apple, pear, squash, celeriac, etc. A mashed mass of something. | |
| Jun 2, 2022 at 5:29 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | This side dish can also be called simply "mashed potato". This is what I always call it, and this is common in the UK. | |
| Jun 2, 2022 at 0:19 | vote | accept | user516076 | ||
| Jun 2, 2022 at 0:12 | history | answered | DialFrost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |