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[-] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 50 points 3 months ago

Lemme make a pot of mashed potatoes and get extremely drunk. We can change this.

[-] Kojichan@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

Vodka, right?

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Right? Just pressure-cook the potatoes in vodka before letting them completely cool and then mash them. Then it's not alcoholism, it's side-dishes.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

You're missing the forest for the trees. Vodka can be, and is, made from potatoes. What is that if not the man's closest companion?

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

That's why I recommend using a pressure cooker instead of boiling them in vodka. Don't let anything evaporate. Boiling potatoes in water to mash them makes watery potatoes. Pressure cooking them in vodka makes the potatoes more potato.

^Note: Please don't actually pressure cook things with vodka. You're just begging for the world's scariest Molotov cocktail on your kitchen counter.^

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