"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>I can't for the life of me figure out (and here's where I'll
> get flamed) the fascination with adding garlic to mashed potatoes. I love
> garlic. I love mashed potatoes. But put them together and I feel
> absolutely no sense of overwhelming joy. Yet I add a little minced garlic
> if I'm making potato pancakes from leftover mashed potatoes. Go figure.

i'm not a big fan of raw garlic in mashed potatoes however, roasted garlic
mashers nearly give me wood! :-P