On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:08:55 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:

> The thing about rice is that it's a lot less fuss that having to boil
> and peel and mash potatoes. All I do is dump the rice in the pot and
> rinse it out 5 times and put it on the automatic rice cooker and then
> forget it. Takes me less than 4 minutes. That seems like a major time
> saver.

Yeah, rice is very easy to make (I don't bother to rinse) especially
when you have a rice cooker - but I do love my potatoes and they
certainly don't have to be served mashed. The simplest way is to
leave them whole and roast or steam, but the two easier ways I was
brought up with were baked and "smashed"... which is halved, boiled
and smashed on the plate, skin and all. Add a dab of butter after
smashing and there ya go!

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