barbie gee wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> On Mon, 3 Jul 2017, tert in seattle wrote:
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> > U.S Janet B wrote:
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> > > this was a topic here some years ago and I was surprised how many
> > > people do use russets. (found out that's how my mother-in-law
> > > makes hers) I had never heard of such a thing.
> > > Janet US
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> > for me boiled russets are only good for mashing
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> waxy are better for potato salad.
> Russets are better for mashed.

Depends on what you are used to and how you cook them. Russets not
overcooked work well. Sometimes though I like a comfort food from my
childhood. Mom would cube russets up all pretty then over cook them so
we had 'mashed potato salad'. I actually liked it and do it
deliberately sometimes.

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